U.S. and Soviet officials witness landing of American planes at base in Russia.

U.S. and Soviet officials witness landing of American planes at base in Russia. American and Russian Army officers and W. Averell Harriman (second from left), U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, gather at a new base for American aircraft in Russia to witness the landings of U.S. Flying Fortresses which bombed German targets in Bucharest, Rumania, on June 2, 1944. Major General John R. Deane (left), head of the U.S. Military Mission to Russia, officiated at the opening of the new phase of the Allied air war against Germany. Gen. Deane said: 'History was made today (June 2) when American Flying Fortresses dropped tons of bombs on targets in Eastern Europe and then, escorted by American Mustangs and Soviet Yaks ... settled down in bases somewhere in Russia.' This is a radiophoto sent from Russia to the U.S.