Bell P39Q Airacobra
This Bell P39Q Airacobra (who remembers this less-than-loved fighter?!) was discovered in the bottom of Lake Mart-Yavr in the Russian Arctic Circle in 2004. The pilot of this plane was forced to make a forced landing in the lake, and unfortunately it seems based on preliminary evidence that it didn’t go well. The Airacobra as a whole did not fare well against Soviet pilots. The fact that this abandoned aircraft was pulled from a lake makes you wonder, “What other legendary aircraft are sitting at the bottom of a body of water – not too far from view?”