Polikarpov I-153 N:o 7325 recovered in Russia

Fascinating stuff. Any news on the fate of the pilot ? Almost cringed at the shot of the salvager fishing around in the water since seeing the pix of poor Sergeant Lazarev.

Interesting find. I think we have only seen the beginning of Russian recoveries. There must be a considerable amount of decent wrecks scattered around those vast uninhabited expanses. Europe is generally too populated for anything to have been overlooked for +65 years and during the war most wreck were recovered and sent to the recycler.

I think there are 3 airworthy I-153.

Great news – don’t think I saw any wings??

Anyone know what the World population of 1-153s is?

Roger Smith.

Nice coverage, but “WHEN WILL IT BE AT……………….”