A bit more:
>"The Northwest Staging Route was a series of airstrips, airport and radio ranging stations built in Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska during World War II. It extended into the Soviet Union as the ALSIB (ALaska-SIBerian air road)."The route was developed in 1942 for several reasons...to send assistance to the Soviet Union though Northern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the Eastern Front...
...The ALSIB and Northwest Staging Route also provided a diplomatic route between Washington, D.C. and Moscow. Diplomats, high political figures and countless other government officials shuttled back and forth along it in transports during the war..."
Airfields:
▪Gambell Army Airfield AK - Final refueling stop prior to aircraft being flown into Soviet airspace
▪Marks Army Airfield AK - Final servicing point for aircraft; 1469th AAFBU ATC Alaskan Division.
▪Galena Airport AK - Refueling/servicing airfield; 1468th AAFBU ATC Alaskan Division.
Ladd Army Airfield AK - Was main transfer point for Lend-Lease aircraft from United States ATC pilots to Soviet Red Air Force pilots; aircraft then flown to Siberia after transfer.
Mile 26 Field AK - Axillary for Ladd AAB
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Staging_Route~~~~~~~~~~~~
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