A World War II P-63 Kingcobra aircraft was lifted from the bottom of a lake in Kamchatka
The Russian Geographical Society’s search engines have recovered a World War II P-63 Kingcobra fighter jet from the bottom of Lake Vitamin in the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve, the press service of the Kronotsky State Reserve reported.
“The Russian Geographical Society’s search engines have lifted an airplane piloted by Soviet pilot Zinedin Mustafayev from the bottom of Lake Vitamin on the territory of the reserve,” the report says.
The aircraft was received by the USSR from the USA under the Lend-Lease program and crashed during a training flight. The examination showed that the tail section of the fighter had broken off, the propeller was twisted, and the cabin was partially covered with silt, but it was preserved.
The lifting operation was carried out with the help of divers and a helicopter.
“Underwater, at the point where the plane was located, the divers secured the tail of the combat vehicle under the pontoon. Thus, the fragment of the fighter was delivered to shallow water. Then he was winched to a helicopter and transported to shore,” the reserve said.