Alexey Petrovich Maresyev visited the Besovets airport in 1967




	Alexey Petrovich Maresyev visited the Besovets airport in 1967

In 1967 Alexey Petrovich Maresyev visited the pilots of the 641st Guard Fighter Air Regiment at the Besovets airport. Maresyev was a famous Soviet fighter ace during World War II. He shot down 11 German planes during World War II. The pilots of the 641st regiment demonstrated him their MiG-17 ‘Fresco’ fighter type.

Pictures: Pilots of the 641st Guard Fighter Air Regiment at the Besovets airport in 1967






			An early Yak-28P ‘Firebar’ of the 641st Guard Fighter Air Regiment

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Soviet Union, USSR, Soviet Air Forces, Sovier AIR Defense, VVS, PVO, Cold War, Leningrad Military District, 10th Independent Air Defence Army, 5th Air Defense Division, 641st Guard Fighter Air Regiment PVO, Besovets, Petrozavodsk, Yak-28P Firebar, MiG-17 Fresco, Mikoyan and Gurevich

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