
1941-1945

Photo courtesy of Harold Raiklen via 7BGHF
6 of the 10 B-17Es in line for maintenance. Gura, Ethiopia, Dec 1942. 7thBG B-17s
from India were sent to the Middle East in Jun 1942. They became the nucleus of
the 513thBS/376thBG in North Africa. They are being overhauled before their
transfer to the 301stBG at Biskra, Algeria. These aircraft went from the 10thAF to
the 9thAF and then on to the 12thAF.


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