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Thing is , on those bases they had Sturmovic ground attack aircraft , by Soviet military doctrine , were to have a fighter escort because of their slow speed and vulnerability to German aircraft . Every legend has a basis in fact , the frantic missions could easily be that basis . One of my...

There may be a valid basis for this legend , little known , but " operation frantic " was a short lived agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States to use Soviet airbases to rearm and refuel American bombers in a shuttle bombing campaign , this allowed US bombers to strike targets...