Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-L5445

Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-L5445 (SSSR-L5445, msn 8350401), of Aeroflot, at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland. This Tu-104A was the second of it's kind to visit the USA in September 1959, refuelling at London Heathrow and Keflavik NAS, carrying Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko on 14 September, returning a few days later. (Note: the date of this photograph is uncertain, but is the outward or return stops at Keflavik in September 1959. The first Tu-104A return flight to the US, on 4 September, was flown by CCCP-L5438)

Aeroflot Andrei Flown Gromyko Heathrow Iceland Keflavik Outward Refuelling Returning Stops Tupolev Uncertain

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