⚜ | Ungrateful or Insignificant? - Western Planes in the Soviet Air Force

The Soviet Union called it insignificant. Enough reason to take a closer look!

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A. G. Lovelace, Amnesia: How Russian History Has Viewed Lend-Lease,

B. Sokolov, The role of lend‐lease in Soviet military efforts 1941–1945,

S. Gribonov, The role of US Lend-Lease aircraft in Russia in World War 2,

V. Kotelnikov, Lend-Lease and Soviet Aviation in the Second World War,

Book shown at start is: Ministry of Defense USSR, The Soviet Air Force in World War II, Translated by L. Fetzer, Edited by R. Wagner

Website with some information: http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english...

⚜ Planes sent to the Soviet Union ⚜
(Keep in mind, these numbers are approximate and not final)

Hurricane: ~3000
Spitfire: ~1350
P-40: ~2150
P-39: ~5000
P-63 ~2400
P-47: ~200
P-51: ~10
Typhoon: 1
A-20: ~2800
B-25: ~850
Hampden: ~20
Mosquito: 1
PBY Catalina: ~160
Short Stirling: 1
O-52 Owl: ~20
Kingfisher: ~20
C-47: ~700 (or 900?)
C-46: 1
Albemarle: ~20(?)
AT-6: ~80

Aircraft that arrived 'by chance' (i.e landed in Soviet territory) :
P-38 / B-17 / B-24 / B-29 / PV-1 / Lancaster / Walrus

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