The crew of the Soviet Pe-2 dive bomber of the Red Army Air Force after returning from a combat mission during Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (1941 – 1945).
Pe-2 (in the army of the USSR – the nickname of “Pawn“, according to NATO classification: Buck) is the Soviet dive bomber of the World War II.
Pe-2 is the most massive dive bomber from the production of the USSR. The Finnish Air Force has received unofficial nickname Pekka-Eemeli.