links North American B-25, achtergrond Curtiss P-40 U.S. pours planes into Russia at Iran airport.

links North American B-25, achtergrond Curtiss P-40 U.S. pours planes into Russia at Iran airport. Great numbers of American warplanes have reached Russia through this big air base in Iran, one of the major delivery centers on the Trans-Iranian supply route of the United Nations. Small planes reach this field in crates. Heavy bombers are flown in by the American Ferry Command. More than 6,500 planes, 3,000 tanks, 145,000 trucks, 25,000 scout cars of jeeps, 125,000 sub-marine guns, and 200,000 field telephones were sent to Russia from the U.S. by November 1, 1943.