The Russian bomber pilots from crew of the Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2R reconnaissance aircraft of the Red Army Armored Force is preparing for the next flight during the Great Patriotic War in USSR.
The Pe-2R aircraft belongs to the 511th ORAP (separate reconnaissance aviation regiment). The commanding officer is Lieutenant Pyotr Lunev, the commander of the link, the senior sergeant-gunner Sergeant Zharikov on the left.
The Eastern Front of the Wehrmacht during Second World War in Europe.