| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | URSS-N209 |
| Alternate Registration: | URSS-H209 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bolkhovitinov DB-A |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bolkhovitinov DB-A |
| Aircraft Version: | Bolkhovitinov DB-A |
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| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Russia |
| Photo Date: | 1 June 1936 to 12 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 416696 |
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Long-range bomber prototype first flown on 2 May 1935. A second prototype, the DB-2A, and twelve DBA series aircraft were also built. In August 1937 this plane, captained by Sigizmund Levanevsky, departed Moscow for a flight to Fairbanks but went missing near the Alaskan coast. A major international search was fruitless. The reg is URSS-N209 with a Cyrillic N. URSS (French) and USSR (English) were used interchangeably on aircraft flying abroad, even though the regular Soviet CCCP prefix officially consisted of Roman letters. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum This photo was added on 30 November 2021, and has since been viewed 1263 times. |