145 items in this album on 8 pages.

Kliment Voroshilov, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and other Soviet leaders in Ukraine, 1944Russian Army General Nikolai Vatutin studying maps, Ukraine, Jan 1944German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 1 of 4German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 2 of 4
Kliment Voroshilov, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and other Soviet leaders in Ukraine, 1944Russian Army General Nikolai Vatutin studying maps, Ukraine, Jan 1944German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 1 of 4German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 2 of 4
German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 3 of 4German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 4 of 4Soviet soldiers moving past a knocked out German tank, Ternopil, Ukraine, 4 Mar 1944Nikolai Vatutin
German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 3 of 4German soldiers on exercise with Panzerschreck launcher, southern Ukraine, spring 1944, photo 4 of 4Soviet soldiers moving past a knocked out German tank, Ternopil, Ukraine, 4 Mar 1944Nikolai Vatutin's state funeral, Kiev, Ukraine, late Apr 1944
American and Soviet servicemen address bombs to Germany at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, summer 1944.Crew of B-17F Fortress #42-30117 with the 95th Bomb Group posing in front of their airplane at Poltava, Ukraine during an Operation Frantic shuttle mission, summer 1944. The aircraft name translates to Polar Star.View of the Poltava tent city as seen from an arriving B-17 Fortress on an Operation Frantic mission, Poltava, Ukraine, summer 1944 (still image from an Army Signal Corps movie film).Soviet Air Force Major General Alexei R. Perminov, commander of the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the occasion of welcoming the first American Operation Frantic bombers to the base, 2 Jun 1944.
American and Soviet servicemen address bombs to Germany at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, summer 1944.Crew of B-17F Fortress #42-30117 with the 95th Bomb Group posing in front of their airplane at Poltava, Ukraine during an Operation Frantic shuttle mission, summer 1944. The aircraft name translates to Polar Star.View of the Poltava tent city as seen from an arriving B-17 Fortress on an Operation Frantic mission, Poltava, Ukraine, summer 1944 (still image from an Army Signal Corps movie film).Soviet Air Force Major General Alexei R. Perminov, commander of the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the occasion of welcoming the first American Operation Frantic bombers to the base, 2 Jun 1944.
United States ambassador to the USSR, W. Averell Harriman, being greeted by Soviet MGen Alexei Perminov, at the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the arrival of the first US bombers of Operation Frantic, 2 Jun 1944.American and Soviet servicemen crowd around a Jeep at Poltava air base, Ukraine during Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944.Soviet pilots Andrea Hincerockur and Corzen Venzopkin flank United States Army Lieutenant Thompson Highfill of the 99th Bomb Group in front of a Soviet P-39 Airacobra, Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, 21 Jun 1944.Soviet Yak-9 fighters and American B-17 Fortress bombers of the 99th Bomb Group based in Italy, along with Soviet and American crews, at Poltava, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944.
United States ambassador to the USSR, W. Averell Harriman, being greeted by Soviet MGen Alexei Perminov, at the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the arrival of the first US bombers of Operation Frantic, 2 Jun 1944.American and Soviet servicemen crowd around a Jeep at Poltava air base, Ukraine during Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944.Soviet pilots Andrea Hincerockur and Corzen Venzopkin flank United States Army Lieutenant Thompson Highfill of the 99th Bomb Group in front of a Soviet P-39 Airacobra, Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, 21 Jun 1944.Soviet Yak-9 fighters and American B-17 Fortress bombers of the 99th Bomb Group based in Italy, along with Soviet and American crews, at Poltava, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944.
Thought to be the only photograph taken during the nighttime bombing attack on American B-17 bombers at Poltava, Ukraine, 22 Jun 1944 during Operation Frantic. The bright streaks are likely flares to light up the field.Wreckage of a 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Fortress as part of Operation Frantic after being destroyed on the ground the night before during a German bombing attack on Poltava, Ukraine, 22 Jun 1944.A La-5FN aircraft being serviced on an airfield, Ukraine, 11 Sep 1944US Major General Edmund Hill, an unidentified British RAF Group Captain, and US ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, Feb 1945 as Harriman was traveling to the Yalta Conference.
Thought to be the only photograph taken during the nighttime bombing attack on American B-17 bombers at Poltava, Ukraine, 22 Jun 1944 during Operation Frantic. The bright streaks are likely flares to light up the field.Wreckage of a 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Fortress as part of Operation Frantic after being destroyed on the ground the night before during a German bombing attack on Poltava, Ukraine, 22 Jun 1944.A La-5FN aircraft being serviced on an airfield, Ukraine, 11 Sep 1944US Major General Edmund Hill, an unidentified British RAF Group Captain, and US ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, Feb 1945 as Harriman was traveling to the Yalta Conference.

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