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Grushin Gr-1 heavy fighter

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In 1940-1941, a few Soviet designers were working on heavy fighters. One of them was Peter Grushin and his Gr-1. It isn't quite clear to me if it ever flew. The development site in Kharkov, Ukraine, was evacuated out of the way of a German offensive and the aircraft was packed into a train. The train was destroyed in an air raid, and both aircraft and documentation were lost.

What if... the train made it to safety and the Gr-1 turned out to be good?

Certainly, some would be captured and end up in Finnish colors...

This is my first What-If aircraft drawing. Not the greatest execution but I thought the idea was good. Still do.
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Very nice work,I see it's in the markings of Finland, of the WW2 era.