Hi,
On 25 June 1941, two Catalinas took off at 19:00 from Cromarty Firth, headed for Sullom Voe, arriving 21:30. They refuelled for the flight to Archangel, and took off at 01:00 on 26 June 1941. The course was approximately 100 miles from the Norwegian Coast and North Cape, making landfall on Cape Kanin. They then flew over the White Sea, reaching Archangel at around 19:00. They landed on the river Dvina. They then flew to Yagodnik and landed in a river alongside a Soviet air force land aerodrome. On 27 June 1941 they took a military Douglas aircraft to Moscow.
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Andrew A.
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