City of Kustrin in Germany 1st Belorussian Front

1h - Preparation of Soviet pilots for takeoff and return after the bombing of the German fortress Kustrin (174.5 m). The crew of the aircraft with the inscription "Stalingrad-Berlin" is preparing for departure: Lieutenant Alexander Velikansky - aircraft commander, Lieutenant Vasily Krasnoshchek - navigator, Sergeant Vladimir Mamykin - radio operator. Technician Sergeant Major Tverdokhleb at the airfield. The planes take off. The aircraft of the guard of Colonel A.Yu. Jacobson returns from the assignment. He is met by fellow soldiers. The hero of the Soviet Union, fighter pilot I.F. Balyuk. The chief of staff of the 1st Belorussian Front M.S. Malinin. A group of Soviet and American officers examines the destruction on the outskirts of the city of Kyustrin. 2h - Assault on Kustrin: mortar shelling, street fighting. Ruined city, broken German technology. Captured Germans (216.4 m).

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1945