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The substantial wreckage of a single-seat
Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik was successfully
recovered from a lake in the Murmansk
region of Russia in early August. The work
was carried out by the Moscow-based Wings
of Victory Foundation.
Much of the forward fuselage, cockpit and
wings were brought to the surface and were
noted as being in remarkably good condition.
However, the tail and rear fuselage, being
largely made of wood, have rotted away over
the years and will need to be recreated.
It is thought that the Red Air Force ground
attack aircraft force-landed on August 22,
1943, while being lown by Capt Alexander
Ivanovich Kalicˇev, CO of the 3rd Squadron
of the Soviet Northern Fleet’s 46th ShAP

(Attack Air Regiment). The Il-2 was hit by

ground ire while striking German forces at

Luostari airield near Petsamo. Kalicˇev lew

his damaged machine back into friendly

territory before ditching in the water. He

escaped before the aircraft sank some 60ft

(18m) to the bottom of the lake.

After being cleaned, it was prepared

for a road journey to Boris Osetinsky’s

Aviarestoration company in Novosibirsk where

it will be restored to airworthy status. It will be

the third Shturmovik returned to light by the

irm, but will have the distinction of being the

irst single-seat, short-canopy variant to do so.

Airworthy Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5A
reproduction ‘C1096’ was delivered to Old
Warden, Bedfordshire in early August. The
privately-owned World War One replica was
built by John Tetley in Yorkshire around 30
years ago and represents the aircraft lown
by Canadian ace Capt Henry ‘Hank’ Burden

DSO DFC of 56 Sqn. Michael Souch

and his colleagues at Aero Antiques have

renovated the airframe and assembled it at

Old Warden where it will be test lown by the

Shuttleworth Collection’s ‘Dodge’ Bailey. It is

hoped the SE.5A will be lown alongside the

collection’s example in due course.

Avro RJX100 Prototype Under Refurbishment

Restoration work on Avro RJX

prototype G-IRJX is continuing at

Manchester Airport’s Runway Visitor

Park. This important airframe, which was

donated to the airport by BAE Systems

in 2003, is now being freshened up after

around 14 years of external display. The

team, which is being led by Mark Goodliffe

and Peter Hampson, started working on

the project in June 2017, and has recently

been able to deploy the front airstairs for

the irst time in many years. Other notable

tasks have included itting a new rear

loor covering, ixing the engine intakes,

numerous paint repairs and general

cleaning and maintenance. Future jobs

include overhauling the interior displays,

more painting and replacing worn panels

and components. (See the September

2018 issue for a detailed overview of the

Avro RJ/BAe 146 family.)

The Ilyushin Il-2 is brought to the surface after being submerged for 75 years. Wings of

Victory Foundation

The RAF SE.5A replica being prepared at the Shuttleworth Collection’s Old Warden home.
Darren Harbar

Shturmovik

Recovered

in Russia

Another Great War Classic

for Old Warden

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‘Red Baron’ Triplane

Replica Airborne

Norfolk-based Dr Peter Brueggemann has

lown his Fokker DR.I triplane replica after

around ten years of construction work.

The reproduction, registration G-DREI,

has been made by Peter using authentic

materials where possible, although it is

powered by a modern Lycoming engine. It

is inished in the red colours and markings

of Manfred von Richthofen’s aircraft from

World War One.

First Flight

Imminent for

Twin Mustang

North American XP-82 Twin Mustang

44-83887 is approaching the end of its

restoration to ly in Douglas, Georgia. The

aircraft, which served as a prototype for the

F-82 ighter and participated in the Korean

War, will be the irst of its type to ly since

1987. The project has been under way for
      several years and is now at the taxi trials
      stage. The rebuild has been carried out by
      legendary warbird guru Tom Reilly.