The St. George statue aside the Chapel, with the inscription remembering builders and contruction date. DVX

Italian POWs works of art

The "acquasantiera" inside the Chapel. DVX

This particular IL-2 served with 46th Air Assault Regiment of the Northern Fleet and made an emergency landing on the ice covered ‘Crooked Lake’ on November 25th 1943. It was part of a group of 16 IL-2s that were part of a raid on a German airfield at Luostari. 25 Me-109’s rose to intercept them and the resulting engagement cost the Russians 11 planes and the Germans 23.