Russian historian Anna Belorusova from St Petersburg has made significant friendly links with Perthshire following her quest to uncover the truth about her pilot grandfather, who spent time at Errol on a secret WWII mission.
Pyotr Kolesnikov, Pilot Commander of the Moscow Special Assignment Air Group, was among the select unit of the Russian allies who came during WWII to be trained alongside RAF at Errol Airfield and ferry Albemarle planes, given as British aid, to Moscow.
Anna’s book ‘Special Assignment Airmen’ was published in Russia in 2019 and she initiated the commemoration of the Russian airmen at two sites in Perthshire.
