Lend-Lease Memorial
The Fairbanks Riverside Walk passes this memorial in the Golden Heart Park. It’s the Lend-Lease Memorial; the statue shows a Russian and American pilot of WWII, “discussing the strategic and social importance of Alaska as a staging ground in the Lend-Lease program (1942-1945).”
As part of the program, approx. 8,000 planes and other supplies were ferried to the eastern front from the Lower 48, over Canada and to Ladd Field (now Fort Wainwright, Alaska). There over 300 Russian pilots were waiting to fly the aircraft to Russia via the Bering Strait. R.T. Wallen, an Alaskan original, was the artist, who designed and created the sculpture. The memorial also honours the Women Airline Service Pilots (WASP) who participated in the Lend-Lease program.
Lend-Lease Memorial
The Fairbanks Riverside Walk passes this memorial in the Golden Heart Park. It’s the Lend-Lease Memorial; the statue shows a Russian and American pilot of WWII, “discussing the strategic and social importance of Alaska as a staging ground in the Lend-Lease program (1942-1945).”
As part of the program, approx. 8,000 planes and other supplies were ferried to the eastern front from the Lower 48, over Canada and to Ladd Field (now Fort Wainwright, Alaska). There over 300 Russian pilots were waiting to fly the aircraft to Russia via the Bering Strait. R.T. Wallen, an Alaskan original, was the artist, who designed and created the sculpture. The memorial also honours the Women Airline Service Pilots (WASP) who participated in the Lend-Lease program.