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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 24/3/44; Hunter 19/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG [6K-A+] Deopham Green 1/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Lt Kirke 21/6/44; Salvaged 16/7/44.
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- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)