My Dad served in Alaska during the war (he drove a
mail truck along the AlCan Highway for APO 985).
From what he said, I doubt that a Soviet pilot would have
had the time for a romance. Russian pilots evidently had
orders to get home as fast as they could; Dad saw a few
P-39s crash on take-off, and heard from American ground
crew that their pilots sometimes ignored instructions to
warm up the engines in cold weather.

It sounds like an interesting film, tjough.

--Bill Thompson


Bill, was it in town of Ferbencs (spelling?)? I read that Russian
pilots were stationed there, but not allowed to go into the town
alone, only in groups. And had problems with breraking this order.

Can I find more stories, like memories, facts, documents, about that
episode of the war on Internet? What else your Dad told you
interesting from that time?


Stas