The P-39 Airacobra was sent to the Soviet Union through the US Lend-Lease program in huge numbers, with roughly 5,000 aircraft delivered via a trans-Siberian air route or shipped in crates via Iran. The Soviets found it effective as a low-to-mid altitude fighter and ground-attack aircraft. Over 2,500 of them were flown from the US to Alaska, then across the Bering Strait to Siberia as part of the ALSIB route, a dangerous but fast delivery method. This one, which must have been recently restored at the time, still stands as a monument on that supply route