Museum of the Air Force of the Northern Fleet. Safonovo

The museum is located on the shore of the bay, which was based first seadrome.
From here began the history of aviation of the Northern Fleet. In 1936 in Leningrad in the Arctic came 7th aviazveno under the command of Lieutenant Stepanov - 38 personnel and three planes MBR-2.





During the war, from the shore of the Kola Bay, they flew combat missions and won victories in the Arctic sky.



Fragments of a downed German plane. Until June 24, the air battles Soviet pilots failed to shoot down any aircraft fascist. Evening of June 24, 1941 Boris Safonov flew on his I-16 to intercept intelligence Ju.88 and after a long chase shot it down. It was the first German plane downed pilots of North Aviation. June 27, 1941 Safonov won a second victory - this time his victim was a single Hs.126.



The exhibition, dedicated to the Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant Colonel Boris Safonov Feoktistovich.
By comparing the activity of the Soviet pilots fighting against the fascist, the way most people the authors of publications on the right to put the name of Boris Safonov in a row with the names of our most successful aces - Kozhedub and Alexander Pokryshkina.
The only difference is that in a time when more Pokryshkin only mastered the basics of their future air strategy - the "height-speed-fire", and in the rear Kozhedub taught cadets lёtnomu skill, loud fame pilots severomortsev Safonov has been on the lips advocates and the press.



Reconstruction of the command post. Veterans, visit the museum, said that if not carefully painted walls and ceiling - the most it!



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Memorial Hall. On the walls the names of more than a thousand pilots of Severomorsk, who died during the Great Patriotic War.



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Who would know now about the navigator Igor Kirillov, if not for this photo?



Double-barreled aircraft gun GS-23-2. Set in modern aircraft.



Gifts foreign delegations.



Maritime Rescue Kit "MSK-5." Individual equipment life support crew of the aircraft, with flight and afloat - after emergency escape aircraft over water.



High-altitude pressure suit "WCC-6M." For life support pilot when flying at altitudes up to 40 km.



The capsule with water in the Barents Sea from the place of death of "Kursk".



These two photos were taken by almost one point, but at different times. Indeed, without comment ...



The dome of a parachute. Murmansk searchers found in a swamp near Shonguya our downed aircraft. From the depth of two meters removed not only attack, but the body of the pilot and Arcadia Bulycheva.
He died April 26, 1942. Name Arctic defender managed to establish the found documents, and he was buried at home in the Tambov region.



Busts of the Heroes of the Soviet Union. Continued quotes in the upper left corner "... to defend the socialist Soviet Republic!", As the author's name, modestly skololi ...

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