17 Feb 1956
  • Maxim Gorkiy was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Maxim Gorkiy | CPC]
  • USS Menhaden arrived at the west coast of the United States. ww2dbase [Menhaden | CPC]
  • Light cruiser Voroshilov was reclassified a testing vessel for missile weaponry and would soon be decommissioned for this conversion. ww2dbase [Voroshilov | CPC]
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Interesting collection of fighter types and fighter groups in one place. This is due to a meeting of the commanding officers from each of the fighter groups in the 8th Air Force at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, late 1944.


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