An older story I found but did not see it posted here. "It seems to be a good year for the discovery of old forgotten airframes! There was the P-40 in Egypt earlier in the year, an IL-2 from a Russian lake last month, and now an intact C-47 ‘Dakota’ has been found in Siberia, in absolutely stunning condition" Russian C-47 ‘Dakota’ found in Siberia!
all things considered it's in fairly good condition. I wonder if they are planning on putting it in a museum?
In Vadim Denisov’s book ‘Неведомый Норильск’ (The Unknown Norilsk), he describes the final fate of this aircraft. “Emergency, Saturday April 13th 1947 in the area of the river Dudypty, North of the village Volochanka. Failure of the left engine. Successfully made a landing and sat for around twenty days, until discovered by the crew of F. Shatrova. 28 people survives, some with minor frostbite on their hands and face (mostly children). Commander Tyuikov, airborne radio operator Smirnov and seven passengers were missing – they had gone in search of help in the snowy tundra and never returned.”
Thanks, Ike. I neglected to read the last paragraph closely. I'm glad you pointed it out. It made me re-read the article.
