Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Spain

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Spain The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Spain.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors found … Read more

Warplanes of Japan: Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka

Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamakaze attack plane.  (US Army Photos) Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) Model 11, codenamed Baka purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamakaze attack plane.  This one was on Okinawa being examined by American servicemen in 1945. The Yokosuka MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker … Read more

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Portugal

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Portugal The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Portugal.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors found … Read more

Warplanes of Russia: Beriev R-1

Beriev R-1 (Soviet Air Force Photo) The Beriev R-1 the first jet-propelled flying boat built in the USSR. The R-1 was first flown May 30 1952 by I M Sukhomlin. It was powered by two 6,041 lb (2,740 kg) VK-1 turbojets.The pilot was seated in a fighter-type cockpit on left side of hull, the navigator/bomb-aimer … Read more

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Romania

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Romania ‍The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Romania.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors found … Read more

Warplanes of Russia: Lavochkin, Polikarpov, and Yak fighters preserved in the UK

Russian aircraft of the Second World War preserved in the UK. (Soviet Air Force Photo) Lavochkin La-11. (Soviet Air Force Photo) Lavochkin La-11. (Swedish Nationaal Archief Photo) Lavochkin La-7 crash in Sweden in 1949, by a defecting Soviet pilot. Lavochkin La-11 (Serial No. 20), The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. (Tim Felce Photo) (Roland Turner Photo) … Read more

Warplanes of Russia: Polikarpov I-153 biplane fighter

Polikarpov I-153 biplane fighter (SA-kuva Photo) Polikarpov I-153 captured by Finnish forces after a forced landing. Photo taken in June, 1941. The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Russian Чайка, “Seagull”) is a late 1930s Soviet sesquiplane fighter. Developed from the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one … Read more

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Russia

Warplanes of the The Great Patriotic War preserved in Russia The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Russia.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors … Read more

Warplanes of Russia: Ilyushin Il-2

Ilyushin Il-2 (Soviet Air Force Photo) Ilyushin Il-2M3 (Il-2 type 3 / Il-2 model 1944) built in Zavod 18 was tested by the NII-VVS in September-October 1943, flown by the test pilot V.K.Kokkinaki. The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the … Read more

Warplanes of Russia: The Ilyushin Il-20

The Ilyushin Il-20 (Soviet Air Force Photo) The Ilyushin Il-20 was a Soviet prototype for a heavily armoured ground-attack aircraft to replace the Ilyushin Il-10. It featured a number of innovative concepts including a cockpit mounted on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller, and wing-mounted autocannon that could be adjusted on the ground … Read more