VVS Pilot Preserved in Karelian Peat Bog

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

http://www.viralone.com/final-flight-boris-aleksandrovich-lazarev/

 

Neat.

[SC_Manu653]

Nice article !

[Bando]

Thanks. You wonder how many of these stories are still untold and (maybe) out there to be found.

[BOO]

This one emerges every so often 

 

"neat" - i could perhaps think of a few better words encompass my feelings at seeing Lazarev's remains. This story originally saddened me when i came across it a few years ago - the sight of the body laid out to be photographed like it was just another bit of the plane, the defensive position of the arms - but then i had little understanding of the cultural differences and the lengths the team went to later to find relatives and provide a fitting burial. I now think there was a good deal of respect shown - just not in a "western" way.

 

But "neat"?    

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

Sorry for offending your sensibilities, Boo, but you don't have to make something out of nothing either.