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Russian airmen and personnel of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter group stand with a Petlyakov PE-2 dive bomber in Russia, following a shuttle-bombing mission in August 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '7 Aug '44.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Revisions
Aircraft type amended thanks to help from Simon Usher, Anatolij Cimarkin and Todd Shugart on IWM Duxford's Facebook page.
Anatolij Cimarkin gave extra details: "It's Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber, not the Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber. Though similar in outline, from this point of view they can be distinguished by details, particularly, engine cowling, characteristic to straight, inline engine (Tu-2 has radial engine) and frontal glazing of bomb aimer, which is flat on Pe-2 with no clear side elements, like on the Tu-2. My granddad was an infantryman and he reached Berlin by feet, so, I can't answer any other questions asked."
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