FIRST SHUTTLE FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION FROM BRITIAN TO RUSSIA. Eighth U.S.

FIRST SHUTTLE FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION FROM BRITIAN TO RUSSIA. Eighth U.S. Air Force airmen light up for a last puff in front of a Flying Fortress before taking off on the first fighter-bomber shuttle mission from Britain to Russia via Berlin, Juni 21, 1944. More than 1000 heavy bombers escorted by P-51 Mustangs, attacked the capital of Germany to open the two-way aerial bombardment of Nazidom. The American planes took off from bases in Britain, unloosed their bombs on Germany and landed in Russia. Refuelled and reloaded in Russia, they will take off again, hurl more bombs on enemy military installations and fly home.