[Berkut76]

Originally Posted by hworth18

There was a story floating around about it, but I don't know how true it is.

It isn't. I have a few pics lying around. Everything of medium value was disassembled, with the Soviets especially keen on engines and radar equipment. If the particular airframe was labeled for further research an airworthy example would have been kept. Furthermore, if no air worthy example was to be found, every effort was made to build one from spare parts.

In case of Doras and Ta-152 enough samples were found to be pressed into immediate post-WWII service with VVS.


Regards,

Sergey