<p>This is the sole survivor of the 1,500 DB-3 bombers produced. It was found in Taiga forests, 120 km from Komsomolsk-on-Amur. It was recovered in September 1988 from the Taiga forests, and brought to the Irkutsk Aircraft Industrial Association (IAIA) factory on board an IL-76. After restoration, the aircraft was delivered to Monino on board an An-22. It was handed over to the museum in December 1988.
Originally displayed outside, it is now displayed in the original display hangar.
c/n 891311.
Russian Air Force Museum.
Monino, Russia.
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13-8-2012
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33132025" class="extiw" title="d:Q33132025"><span title="photographer from the UK">Alan Wilson</span></a>
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