Soviet Lt. Vorozheev and USAAF Staff Sgt. Summers at the tail gun position of a B-17 Flying Fortress, Poltava Airfield, June 1944. Read more
USAAF and Soviet technicians perform maintenance on a B-17 Flying Fortress engine at Poltava Airfield during Operation Frantic, June 1944. Read more
WWII photo of USAAF Sergeant S. Weinshenker and Tech Sergeant William Topps with a 10-year-old Russian “Son of the Regiment” in Red Army uniform at Poltava Airfield, June 1944. Read more
Soviet and American officers interact at the 169th Special Purpose Air Base in Poltava, Ukraine, June 1944, during Lend-Lease operations. Read more
Lt. Thompson Highfill of the 99th US Bombardment Group poses with Soviet pilots next to a P-39 Airacobra at Poltava airfield, 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 B-17 Flying Fortress landing gear at Poltava airfield, Ukraine, 1944, during Allied shuttle bombing missions. Read more