They got on Land League. Under Kiev found British aircraft of World War II (photo)

It is believed that only 14 Harrykane aircraft are now left in the world that can still fly. Scientists from the National Aviation Museum of Ukraine have discovered what remained of eight British Harrykane fighter jets, which the USSR received as part of Land League in 1941 during the Second World War. Experts say this is the first case in the history of Ukraine when so many British aircraft were found, BBC reports. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! According to Valery Romanenko from the National Aviation Museum of Ukraine, the fragments of eight aircraft, which were rusty, were discovered in the forest south of Kiev, where they were buried in the ground.

Even after the Second World War, then the Soviet military disassembled these planes for spare parts, gathered all important devices, as well as valuable structures in terms of metals content and broke "Harrikeins". After that, they were simply buried in the ground. Scientists are currently identifying aircraft so that they can be assembled and exposed to a general review. "These" Harrykins "can be called a symbol of helping the United Kingdom during World War II.

Storm Shadow missiles, ”Romanenko says. According to scientists, in Ukraine it is very rare to find fragments of this type of British aircraft, and earlier there were no aircraft delivered from the Allies from Kiev. After the invasion of Nazi Germany in 1941 in the USSR, the latter, as part of the Land League, paid by the United States, the United Kingdom sent Harrykane aircraft.

It was one of the most massive royal aircraft, which played an important role in the Battle of Britain, when the Nazi German Air Force tried to win the air to get the opportunity to realize the land invasion of the UK. According to scientists, Harrikein was easy to manage a plane and at the same time very reliable. Although many Soviet pilots, judging by historical records, considered these planes insufficiently powerful, insufficiently armed and insufficiently protected.

By the end of the Second World War, these planes were already considered outdated, and therefore they were used mainly for the defeat of air defense. According to scientists, 8 found British aircraft were used to protect large transport units, especially railway stations. In 3 years, from 1941 to 1944, the United Kingdom handed over about 3,000 Harrykane aircraft. But most of them were either destroyed in battle or disassembled for spare parts.

Some of these aircraft were specifically dismantled and buried in the land after World War II, so as not to pay the United States. The fact is that under the Land League Law, the USSR had to pay for any military equipment that remained whole. Experts believe that now there are only 14 renovated Harrykane aircraft in the world that can still fly. We remind that scientists have found a legendary submarine buried near the city park in Britain.