During the night, the German Luftwaffe destroyed several U.S. bombers on the ground of Poltava Airbase in Ukraine. The U.S. bombers, of the 452nd Bomb Group, had arrived from United Kingdom as part of a ‘shuttle’ mission (aka Shuttle Raid).
The attack took place on 21JUN1944. Interestingly, the U.S. Army’s 8th Air Force claims they […] Continue Reading…