(The end. Beginning at No. 11’2004)
Flying boat MDR-6. Flying boat I. V. Chetverikova has been used in our country in almost all fleets. The beginning of the great Patriotic war in the Baltic fleet, there were 10 new seaplane entered service in the 15th reconnaissance regiment of the sea in the 19th and the 22nd squadrons. By June 22, the staff have mastered the new seaplanes and was not ready for their practical use. The fighting crews of Th-2 started only in the second half of July At this time the aircraft was based at Tallinn. The main task entrusted to the crews of the flying boats, began to conduct reconnaissance in the Central and southern basins in the Baltic sea for the same purpose, the aircraft flew to the coast of Finland.
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