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The Lend-Lease Memorial in Fairbanks, Alaska commemorates the shipment of U.S. aircraft to the Soviet Union along the Northwest Staging Route.

The Northwest Staging Route was a series of airstrips, airport and radio ranging stations built in Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska during World War II. It extended into the Soviet Union as the ALSIB (ALaska-SIBerian air road).

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Northwest Staging Route

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coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Northwest Staging Route was a series of airstrips, airport and radio ranging stations built...

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Eleventh Air Force

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pilots leaving Great Falls flew along a route of small airfields that became known as the Northwest Staging Route. One of those airfields, Big Delta Army...

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ALSIB

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Lend-Lease aircraft from the Northwest Staging Route. Aircraft manufactured in the United States were flown over this route for World War II combat service...

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Crimson Route

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development of a shorter airway into Russia (see: Northwest Staging Route). In practice, the northern alternate route would suffer from extended darkness and extreme...

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Aishihik

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airfield was established here during World War II as part of the Northwest Staging Route. It was operated until 1968, and the withdrawal of military service...

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Prince George Airport

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a number of new northwest airports, including Prince George, for the support of a new Northwest Staging Route. This new staging route would provide protection...

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Alaska Highway

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enough inland from enemy planes and it linked the airfields of the Northwest Staging Route that conveyed lend-lease aircraft from the United States to the...

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North Atlantic air ferry route in World War II

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ferry route in World War II South Pacific air ferry route in World War II Northwest Staging Route West Coast Wing (Air Transport Command route to Alaska)...

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Edmonton

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major base for the construction of the Alaska Highway and the Northwest Staging Route. The airport was closed in November 2013. On July 31, 1987, an...

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Whitehorse

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Frankfurt, Germany (nonstop). The airport was developed as part of the Northwest Staging Route in 1941–42 and has two long paved runways. A wartime-era hangar...

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Air Transport Command

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while The Northwest Staging Route connected mainland US with Alaska and the Soviet Union via Siberia. The South Pacific air ferry route in World War...

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Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport

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to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1942 as part of the Northwest Staging Route under the name of RCAF Station Whitehorse. The base was closed...

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RCAF Station Whitehorse

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Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 as part of the system called the Northwest Staging Route. Designated as RCAF Station Whitehorse, it had detachments at Teslin...

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Arctic convoys of World War II

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Move") — German naval campaign to sink Arctic convoys Northwest Staging Route — Aviation supply route from North America to Siberia used by Allied forces...

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Northway Airport

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During World War II for northbound Lend-Lease aircraft on the Northwest Staging Route, the flight strip at Northway Army Airfield was the first stop...

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History of Edmonton

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major base for the construction of the Alaska Highway and the Northwest Staging Route. The first major oil discovery in Alberta was made on February...

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Northwest Passage

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attempt to discover a commercial sea route north and west around North America. The Northwest Passage represented a new route to the established trading nations...

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Grande Prairie

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and Canadian military establish Grande Prairie as a part of the Northwest Staging Route and for the construction of the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek...

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Canol Road

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and development of the Alaska Highway and airfields along the Northwest Staging Route and provision of military bases in Alaska led to a determination...

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United States Army Alaska

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followed a series of small airfields that became known as the Northwest Staging Route. One of those airfields, Big Delta Airfield, later became Fort...

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Eielson Air Force Base

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Eielson. Alaska World War II Army Airfields Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route "Colonel Paul P. Townsend". Retrieved 22 March 2020. "Airport Diagram...

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Alaska World War II Army Airfields

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Airfield for Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft. Designated Tanacross Air Base, July 1944. Mission was servicing Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease...

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CFB Edmonton

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World War II, becoming a staging point for the U.S. defence of Alaska, as well as a major waypoint of the Northwest Staging Route supplying equipment and...

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