Operation Frantic
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Operation Frantic was a series of seven shuttle bombing operations during World War II conducted by American aircraft based in Great Britain and southern Italy, which landed at three Soviet airfields in Ukraine. From there, the planes flew bombing missions en route back to their bases in Italy and Great Britain.
American and Soviet military personnel write messages on aerial bombs
A B-17 crew poses with their plane. The nose art on the bomber reads "Polar Star" (likely referring to the star Polaris) in Russian.
P-51 Mustangs of the 486th Fighter Squadron at RAF Debden 20 June 1944
Elliott Roosevelt (general)
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Elliott Roosevelt was an American aviation official and wartime officer in the United States Army Air Forces, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Roosevelt receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross in Algiers
BG Elliott Roosevelt as 325th Wing commander
Elizabeth and Elliott Roosevelt (standing) with Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia