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UPL 16604
Destroyed B-17s litter the field at Poltava, Ukraine after an unopposed German air strike the night of June 21-22, 1944.
452nd Bomb Group collection
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Hunter 9/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 30/4/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Albert Oswalt 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.
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- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)