An Airplane’s Extraordinary Story Recalls Bygone U.S.-Russian Amity

During World War II, the United States sent 705 Douglas transport planes to the U.S.S.R. under the Lend-Lease program, flying them from Alaska across Siberia. Some were shot down or crashed, others were returned to the United States after the war, and some remained in use in the Soviet Union for years after the fighting ended. (www.nytimes.com) Más...