| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 23 white |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss P-40 Hawk |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss P-40 Hawk/Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk Mk.III |
| C/n (msn): | 27613 |
| Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Area: | Michurinskoye Ozero [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Country: | Russia |
| Photo Date: | 31 December 1943 |
| Photo from: | Juhani Sipilä Collection |
| Photo ID: | 425133 |
| Photo Comment |
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Made a forced landing on the ice of Lake Valkjärvi (Karelian isthmus) on 27-Dec-1943. This was Finnish territory at the time but is now in Russia and named Michurinskoye Ozero. The aircraft was recovered by the Finns and became KH-51 in Finnish service. This was built as USAAF 43-5925 for delivery to the RAF as FS192, but instead was diverted to the Soviet Union. Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Feldhoff. This photo was added on 28 December 2021, and has since been viewed 707 times. |