Pete Fleischmann Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Hey all- finished this Russian pilot for a diorama I’ll get around to finishing some day- should look something like this- cheers P 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Nice, Masha looks really good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 No Way!!!! Looks like the Yak has been in the field a couple of years.........Colorized.... I was going how did the glass stay so clear? The pilot looks good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, KevinM said: No Way!!!! Looks like the Yak has been in the field a couple of years.........Colorized.... I was going how did the glass stay so clear? The pilot looks good. Gotta be colorized- cool pic that gave me the inspiration P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: Gotta be colorized Says it lower right colorized 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On August 30, 1944, two Russian flight officer defectors made an emergency landing in a swamp south of Lappeenranta (Särkijärvi area) with a Jak-9D fighter. The war tired defectors were interrogated, and admitted that, because Finland didn't agree to a truce, a new major offensive would start in 10 to 12 days. These defectors might have been, of course, sent on purpose. No perfect interrogation records were ever found and unlikely will ever be found. Still the information they gave was regarded as so important that, while interrogations were going they were immediately relayed to the Chief of Kannas forces staff and III AKE "Enemy Situation Awarenesses" on August 31 and September 1, respectively. As late as September 21, 1944 ( i.e. after the Armistice), Airforce general staff sent an excerpt from the special interrogation produced by the Interrogation Centre on September 7, concerning the battle command center (of which Volkov was remarkably well informed) of the 275th fighter division of the 13th Ilma-armeija (Air Army). Volkov and Titorenko, the defectors, were handed over to Soviet Russia on 20th of November of 1944. One can only wonder why the strangely well informed Volkov decided to defect so late as August 30th 1944. Jakovlev Jak-9D "white 18", manufacturing number 12153-18, remained intact on an emergency landing on a soft swamp. The propeller blades were twisted, the engine's cover metals and their arch stiffeners bent, the airframes wooden longitudinal stiffener list had broken, and the cloth covering was partly broken. The leading edge of a wing was mangled all the way to front pole and landing gear covering plates were mangled. Fighter Squadron 24 brought the plane to Flight Depot 1 where it arrived on September 10, 1944. Should the war have continued that almost intact place would have been repaired to air worthiness almost certainly. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Pete Awesome figure - looks fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Martin Thank you for the information - . Just love this type of historical documentation. . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 Yes! Thanks Martin for the backstory on that pic! Will try to create a similar scene with my lady fighter pilot- cheers P 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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