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Arctic Skyway and Soviet Air Ferry to Russia
In a remote Alaska posting at Ladd Field near Fairbanks, Soviet Purchasing Commission pilots toured American A-20 bombers under Lend-Lease. Russians would ferry planes to Siberia via Nome for use against Germany, while Americans aided flight training and translated as needed.
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Nome
Points
Stalingrad
U. S
Russia
North Atlantic
Middle East
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Siberia
Arctic Skyway
Germany
Japan
Internal Revenue Bureau
Purchasing Commission
Nicholas DeTolly
Richard Hettenbaugh
Bob Glass
Frederick J. Kane
Kane
Airlines
Long Beach
Calif
Union High
Maj. Kane