The Soviet Air Force (VVS) received a total of 862 Lend-Lease B-25 'Mitchell' medium bombers. This aircraft is famous for being used in Jimmy Doolittle's 18 April 1942 Tokyo raid. The Soviets operated the B-25 in ground support and tactical daylight bombing, and a small number as transports.
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"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy."
--Henry A. Kissinger, jewish politician and advisor
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