Destination Bornholm
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32 4 August 2023, 09:24
Maciej BellosLove it! I've read the story some time ago. I think it was returned, right?
4 August 2023, 13:14
Robert Podkoński AuthorThanks for your interest, Mates, much appreciated. @Maciej - indeed, the plane was returned, but the pilot remained in the West.
4 August 2023, 14:12
Hanno KleineckeA very interesting and touching story, and a beautiful model in this microscopic scale 👍
4 August 2023, 17:17
Robert Podkoński AuthorThanks, Mates - it is a very well engineered kit... and it contains pre-cut mask for the canopy as well!
Maciej - FYI, it is an aerial modification of long-forgotten yet effective device recently (re)discovered in the Kraków Castle cellars (a battering ram!) 😉
5 August 2023, 07:13
Maciej BellosI kind of remember visiting a strange museum in Kraków. I vaguely remember it as a "means of torture" exhibition... Ah those medieval ages... Savages!!!! 😄
5 August 2023, 07:40
Jan PetersStalin died the same day....Coincidence? I think not 😁
Great model, and one with a story too, love it!
8 August 2023, 16:21
Robert Podkoński AuthorThanks Jan! Is there anyone who believes in coincidences?... 😉
8 August 2023, 16:48
Album info
Early morning March 05, 1953, Polish pilot Franciszek Jarecki flying MiG-15bis defected from Soviet controlled Poland and succesfully landed on Bornholm. The same day afternoon Stalin died...
