The fighter was lifted and towed to the shore very carefully and slowly, so as not to damage the structure, Capt. Serga said. The Bell P-39 Airacobra was then delivered to the Museum of the

Air Forces of the Northern Fleet in the village of Safonovo, where the question of restoration will be decided. The fact that the lost fighter should be at the bottom of the lake was known

from archive data. In March 1945, Second Lieutenant Fedor Varavikov crashed when conducting a training flight. According to information from military archives, the pilot died in the aircraft

that struck the ice of the lake and sank.