Did US Lend-Lease Aid Tip Balance In Soviet Fight Against Nazi Germany? – Analysis
By Robert Coalson*
(RFE/RL) — On February 24, 1943, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft with serial number 42-32892 rolled out of a factory in Long Beach, California, and was handed over to the U.S. Air Force.
On March 12, 1943, the plane was given to the Soviet Air Force in Fairbanks, Alaska, and given the...