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The first Lend-Lease aircraft, a group of twelve A-20 Havocs, arrived at Ladd on 3 September 1942. The first Russian pilots, after five days of training on the aircraft, took off for Nome and the long trip to the Eastern Front. Initially the USAAF provided the initial training on how to operate and maintain the Lend-Lease aircraft.
ALSIB (or the Northern Trace) was the Soviet Union portion of the Alaska-Siberian air road receiving Lend-Lease aircraft from the Northwest Staging Route.Aircraft manufactured in the United States were flown over this route for World War II combat service on the Eastern Front.
He was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an American aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra. [1] During the war Pokryshkin earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union three times: 24 May 1943, [2] 24 August 1943, and 19 August 1944.
Through Lend-Lease, Soviet forces received more than two-thirds of the A-20B variant manufactured and a significant portion of G and H variants. The A-20 was the most numerous foreign aircraft in the Soviet bomber inventory.
In October 1941, Alison traveled to Moscow to administer the sensitive U.S.-Soviet P-40 Lend-Lease program. He trained Russian pilots in the P-40, A-20 , and B-25 Mitchell aircraft. [ 2 ] In his autobiography, Jimmy Doolittle wrote:
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2 Bomber and Attack Aircraft. 3 Reconnaissance/Patrol Aircraft. 4 Transport Aircraft. 5 Trainers. ... (186 supplied through lend-lease from US) Curtiss O-52 Owl ...