In 1996 the remains of Z2389 were recovered from the site in the Murmansk region, where she had crash landed on 20 June, 1942. After arrival at Brooklands in 1997 the restoration to taxiable condition commenced.
Before being supplied to the Sovjet Union, Z2389 had served with 71 (Eagle) Squadron at RAF Martlesham Heath, coded ‘XR-T’. It joined 767 Regiment of the Sovjet Air Force on the Kola Peninsula in May 1942.