The remains of eight Second World War Hawker Hurricanes have been uncovered in a forest near Ukraine's capital entirely by chance.
The discovery of the long-lost aircraft is interesting, but it is also the first time examples of Hurricanes were discovered in Ukraine. "It is very rare to find this aircraft in Ukraine," said Oleks Shtan, a former airline pilot leading the excavation. "It's very important for our aviation history because no Lend-Lease aircraft have been found here before," he added.
Between 1941 and 1944, approximately 3,000 Hurricanes were supplied to the USSR to assist in their war efforts. Unfortunately, the majority of these planes were either destroyed during combat or disassembled for their parts.
According to their discoverers, the planes were stripped of their valuable equipment, including radios, instruments, and machine guns, as well as any scrap metal that could be repurposed. Afterward, they were likely transported via tractors from a nearby airfield, dismantled, and unceremoniously dropped into a shallow ravine. It is believed that bulldozers then covered the planes with the earth.
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