Old Soviet Kresta Class 1 & 11

Photo Recon Archive

During the “Cold War” hundreds of thousands of photographs where taken during flyovers, mainly by the NATO nations photo recon units.A magazine was published in Britain for the military only “Joint Services Recognition Journal” and this was Published monthly. Because my interests are Historical I would like to gain access to these photographs before they are just destroyed.Unfortunately I believe a lot of material has already been dumped.

Hi Guys,
I am looking for reference photographs that are not on the net. If anyone can help, they can contact me on [email]dengar@xtra.co.nz[/email]
Any help woud be very appreciated.

If you can locate them you might try “Soviet Military Power” and “The Russian War Machine”. These ware Salamander books published in the 80’s but they did have several photos of the Kresta I and II. Another thing to be aware of is that many times the photos you see on the net will be the same photos you see in books. For instance if a picture was taken by a P-3 from somebody’s navy the photo could end up all over the place before it’s all said and done.

Hi Snake, Thanks for that site, I have had a reply and been lucky enough to find an individual only to willing to swap photographs of aircraft and ships.
Thanks again 🙂

There’s a link
http://www.hobbyshop.ru/product.php3?vendor=tph&category=magazines
If You don’t see a Kresta I or II in listed isues, You can try and mail them.

Old Soviet Kresta Class 1 & 11

Hi snake,
I tried that without much success. I understand some excellent photographs were in Janes Fighting Ships 1985/93 but finding reference copies locally just hasn’t been possible. 🙂 🙁

Try Russian almanachs “Taifun” (pos. spelling Tajfun), they can be purchased on web, just google for that name.