
Monument to N-209 & Crew in Moscow




Monument to Levanevsky
Radio equipment like this would have been used to send the final message
DB-A re-fuelling prior to takeoff - August 12, 1937
The flight was of great pre-war importance and a source of national pride for the Russian people

The DB-A was painted bright red and blue "to make it easier to see should a rescue operation be required". But it's no coincidence that the same colours were part of the Levanevsky family crest

Levanevsky shown here with the aircraft that would ultimately search for him and his crew in 1938

Levanevsky indicating intended destination in Alaska