American cameramen and US officers at the airfield near Poltava. The film is removed from the effects of German bombardment on the night of July 22, 1944 is the consequences of the German air raid of the Luftwaffe bombers on the night of July 22, 1944.
In the background of the American cameramen are the surviving, destroyed and burned American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers. Operation Frantic.
Eastern Front of the Wehrmacht 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