The US cameraman at the airfield near Poltava among the wreckage of the plane is the consequences of the German air raid on the night of July 22, 1944.
In the background of the US cameraman are the surviving, destroyed and burned American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers. Operation Frantic.
Eastern Front of the Nazi Luftwaffe of the Third Reich during World War II in the Soviet Russia.
Location: Poltava city, Ukraine, USSR
Time when the photo was taken: June 22, 1944
Author: R. L. Thiry