aa200 has it with
Abadan in Iran - you have control.
I thought that my last image would be quite a clue as you didn't spot the Russian shoulder boards on the pith helmet picture
- and I deliberately missed out "Middle East" on the Aircobra post but responded in the negative to all the other suggestions to see if it was picked up on as I had the misleading "Japanese flag" image to misdirect you. My source has this flag as a Russian Naval banner.
I came across the Lend Lease Russian deliveries from here when researching my previous Alaskan posting and thought the challenge would last a while.
Here are some more images I had lined up.
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