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One of the six Browning machine guns

Curtiss P40N-20-CU Tana

78.IAP Serial No.43-23813 Lt.L I Pustobayev(KIA) 26.10 1944

This Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was shot down by AA fire from Minenraumschiff-26, during attack on ships at Smalfjord. Lt.Pustobayev belonged to the 2nd Sqdn. of 78th Fighter Aviation Regiment of Northern Fleet Air Force. One Boston bomber was also shot down by AA fire. Lt. N.K. Nikolajev and his crew survived.