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 Petlyakov PE-2
December 2005
The main wreckage of our PE-2 project was recovered in the
summer of 1989. The airplane was located close to the place
Hamningberg to the extreme north in Norway.
Together with
parts from four other known wrecks of this type the recovery
took more that ten years before all the useful parts were
collected.
 The PE-2 was
from the 121 BBAP, had serial 16/141 and was shot down March 29th.
1943. The crew was Jr. Lt. Aleksei Ivanovitsj Tsjasovnikov
(Pilot), Lt. Nikolaj Petrovitsj Teterin (Navigator) and Jr. Sgt.
Igor Ivanovitsj Matvejev (Wireless/Gunner).
Matvejev was
killed and found in the wreckage after the crash-landing. The
two others survived and fled from the area on foot. The
were
both
captured some days after by German troops and a second one
of the crew was shot dead at the place of capture. The last one
became a POW.
The main
wreckage was recovered in a three years period (summer). Missing
parts were also collected from other wrecks up north and we now
have parts enough to make a structural complete rebuild of the
airplane.
 The
plans are to have the cockpit section on display inside the
museum when finished. The rest of the airplane will be rebuilt
in due time (We have at present other priorities).
However, the important thing is to have all parts collected so
when the time is ripe, we have the possibility for a rebuild.
Because PE-2
parts are hard to come by, the rebuild of the cockpit takes a
lot of time.
At present we
are researching on the external paint scheme. Here we have great
help from Mr. Erik Pilawski, Sweden. Cockpit details are in the
works in close cooperation with our contact in Moscow, Mr.
Dmitri
Gamaunov . |
