Russia’s Northern Fleet divers recover P-39

A Bell P-39 Airacobra that has been lying on the bottom of a lake on the Kola Peninsula for 72 years was recently raised to the surface on Jun. 29 by divers from the Russian Northern Fleet.

P-39 Airacobra 2006-06-15
By Bergfalke2 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The warbird is now at the Museum of the Air Force of the Northern Fleet for restoration.