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- Title
Warplanes to Siberia: Flying the Alaska-Siberia Airway.
- Authors
Lang, Craig
- Abstract
What started as a daring idea to fly a biplane from Bellingham, Washington, to Alaska and then across the Bering Strait to Provideniya, Russia, has evolved into a project of international scale. Few people have ever heard of the Lend-Lease Air Route (otherwise known as the Northern Route and the Alaska-Siberia Airway) or know of the key role it played during World War II. It was a vital support network for the Soviet Union and one of the great logistical efforts of the twentieth century. In 2013, the BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation test flew the first leg of this air route as part of the flight recreation and documentary Warplanes to Siberia.
- Subjects
KRASNOIARSKII krai (Russia); ALASKA Highway; INTERNATIONAL travel; MILITARY airplanes; LEND-lease operations (1941-1945); INTERNATIONAL economic assistance
- Publication
Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1361-7362
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/sib.2014.130103