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From what I have gathered, it was a stopping point for aircraft being ferried, but I have just learned of this recently! I will be doing more digging on the topic.Hello there! Out of curiosity, what were P-39s en route to the USSR doing in North Dakota? Just curious and googling North Dakota and P-39 brought up this btw:
Incident Bell P-39Q Airacobra 44-71062,
On 26 May 1944, 2nd Lt. Frederick M. Oldfield, 5th Ferrying Squadron, bailed out of the P-39 44-71062 of 553th BU ten miles west of Bismarck, North Dakota. The engine began to run rough a...aviation-safety.net
More on the AL-SIB route hereFrom what I have gathered, it was a stopping point for aircraft being ferried, but I have just learned of this recently! I will be doing more digging on the topic.