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Hungarian team uncovers WWII Soviet Yak-1 fighter near Budapest

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC · How we work

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Hungarian Aircraft Wreck Research Association, led by István Kocsis, uncovered a WWII Soviet Yak-1 fighter.
The plane lay 17 feet underground near Törtel, about 50 miles southeast of Budapest.
It crashed in November 1944 after German Lt. Peter Düttmann shot down Soviet Lt. Alexander Semyonovich Andrianov.
Archaeologists block-lifted fabric, engine serial number, red-star insignia and Andrianov’s signed book.
Hungary’s Museum of Military History will exhibit the restored items after restoration.

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Hungarian Aircraft Wreck Research Association, led by István Kocsis, uncovered a WWII Soviet Yak-1 fighter.
The plane lay 17 feet underground near Törtel, about 50 miles southeast of Budapest.
It crashed in November 1944 after German Lt. Peter Düttmann shot down Soviet Lt. Alexander Semyonovich Andrianov.
Archaeologists block-lifted fabric, engine serial number, red-star insignia and Andrianov’s signed book.
Hungary’s Museum of Military History will exhibit the restored items after restoration.