Tupolevs 154 (reg. RA-85782 on rear left) and an Ilyushin 76 occupy the junkyard of Mirny airport. Despite the Ilyushin is grounded since 2010 in local harsh climate its apparent condition is surprisingly good. A drill rig that was used at the local famous diamond mine is exhibited on top of the spoil tip at right.
One of 178 Liberators that took off from Benghazi to bomb the oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania on August 1st, 1943 - Black Sunday. After bombing the target, and crippled by a German fighter, the B-24 tried to fly to a British Base in Cyprus but ended up ditching in the sea near Antalya. The Aircraft was salvaged in 1995, conserved and has been put on display with the help of Mr. Roy Newton, one of seven survivors of the crash. Issued in Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Istanbul.
