Soviet Lieutenant Vorozheev and USAAF Staff Sergeant Thomas Summers stand beside the tail gun position of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Poltava Airfield during Operation Frantic, June 1944. Read more
USAAF and Soviet technicians perform maintenance on the engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Poltava Airfield during Operation Frantic, Ukraine, June 1944. Read more
A World War II photograph of USAAF Sergeant S. Weinshenker and Tech Sergeant William Topps posing with a 10-year-old Soviet “Son of the Regiment” at Poltava Airfield, Ukraine, during Operation Frantic, June 1944. Read more
Soviet and American officers meet at the 169th Special Purpose Air Base (ABON) in Poltava, Ukraine, in June 1944, during Allied Lend-Lease cooperation and Operation Frantic. Read more
Lt. Thompson Highfill of the 99th Bombardment Group poses with Soviet pilots beside a Bell P-39 Airacobra at the Poltava airfield during Allied cooperation under Operation Frantic, summer 1944. Read more
Soviet pilots with U.S. Technical Sergeant Bernard J. McGuire in front of a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber, Poltava, June 1944. Read more
US technicians repair the landing gear of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Poltava Airfield, Ukraine, during Operation Frantic, 1944. Read more