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Second World War American P-63 "Kingcobra" fighter recovered in Russia and flown to Moscow

2025-10-02 42 Dailymotion

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has published remarkable footage of the recovery of an American P-63 "Kingcobra" fighter from the Second World War, raised from the bottom of a lake in the remote Kamchatka Peninsula.

The aircraft was transported from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Moscow aboard an An-124 "Ruslan" military transport aircraft, where it will undergo restoration. Video released by the Russian Ministry of Defence shows the historic transfer.

Source and images: Telegram @mod_russia