"Soviet NKVD smuggled Doolittle Raiders to safety" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 22 Mar 2023 4:12 a.m. PST |
…The pilot of one of the American Mitchell bombers flew to the Soviet Union anyway. Capt. Edward York, knowing he didn't have the fuel to make it to China, would land his plane at the Vozdvizhenka base in Primorsky Krai in the Soviet Far East. As an ally of the United States, it should have refueled the Americans and sent them on their way, or at least help get the crew to safety, but its relations with Japan made for a sticky diplomatic situation… We Are The Mighty: link |
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