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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations

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seven times with day and night raids throughout July. Withdrawn for depot-level maintenance then returned for several more raids against enemy targets in Libya, Crete and Greece during October–December 1942. Last operational use made on 18 December 1942 when they attacked harbor facilities at
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Transferred from VIII Bomber Command, 26 November 1942; Arrived at Tafaraoui Airport, Oran, Algeria on 24 November 1942, mounted first combat mission on 28 November, attacking Bizerte Airfield and dock area in Tunisia. Moved to Biskra Airfield, Algeria, 16 December 1942. Returned to
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From their bases in Southern Italy, the Fortresses engaged in long-range strategic bombardment attacks against the enemy in Austria, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Poland, and Romania. Additionally, Fifteenth Air Force B-17s joined with
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Most combat airfields were temporary wartime facilities quickly constructed with pierced-steel planking runways and parking areas, with tents used for personnel quarters and a few wooden buildings used for operations. In Tunisia and Italy, some captured German
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which had been based in Libya and which was moving without personnel or equipment to be re-established as a tactical organization in England. The combined heavy bomber forces in the Mediterranean were then designated as the
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These initial two groups were joined in February 1943 by the 99th and in April 1943 by the 2d Bombardment Group, which both arrived from the United States. These heavy bomber units supported the
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Initially equipped with the B-17F Flying Fortress, the 97th and 301st Bombardment Groups were flown from airfields in England to Algiers and Oran, Algeria in November 1942 after the
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On 1 November 1943, the Twelfth Air Force became a tactical organization of fighters and medium bombers. Its heavy bombardment units (B-17 and B-24) were joined with those of the
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Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) . Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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in Australia that had escaped from the Philippines or were sent from the United States in January 1942. The B-17s attacked the harbor at
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Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.
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Fifteenth Air Force, along with its B-17 units were inactivated after the German capitulation in May 1945.
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Hess and Styling (2003), B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO (Combat Aircraft) Osprey Publishing,
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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 2d Bombardment Group on a mission from Amendola Airfield, Italy, 1944
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at Bizerte, Tunisia. Inactivated at Marcianise Airfield, Italy on 29 October 1945
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Rickard, J (13 September 2012), 301st Bombardment Group (Second World War),
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Strategic bomber units and formations of the United States Army Air Forces
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Rickard, J (24 April 2014), 483rd Bombardment Group,
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Rickard, J (27 March 2014), 463rd Bombardment Group,
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Transferred to non-combat duties with 826:(2d, 97th Bombardment Group, Dec 1943 – May 1945) 1988:Maurer, Units, 301st Bombardment Group pp173-174 2105:Maurer, Units, 483d Bombardment Group pp338-339 2045:Maurer, Units, 463d Bombardment Group pp338-339 1937:Maurer, Units, 99th Bombardment Group pp170-171 1886:Maurer, Units, 97th Bombardment Group pp338-339 1386:(Triangle-Y 3 Red Diagonal Stripe Tail Rudder) 1380:(Triangle-Y 2 Red Diagonal Stripe Tail Rudder) 1374:(Triangle-Y 1 Red Diagonal Stripe Tail Rudder) 1368:(Triangle-Y O Red Diagonal Stripe Tail Rudder) 1734: 1732: 921:(301st Bombardment Group, Feb 1944 – May 1945) 708:(99th, 301st Bombardment Groups, Aug–Dec 1943) 4202: 3578: 2178: 2156:Maurer, Squadrons, 840th Bombardment Squadron 2147:Maurer, Squadrons, 817th Bombardment Squadron 2138:Maurer, Squadrons, 816th Bombardment Squadron 2117:Maurer, Squadrons, 815th Bombardment Squadron 2113: 2111: 2093:Maurer, Squadrons, 775th Bombardment Squadron 2084:Maurer, Squadrons, 774th Bombardment Squadron 2029: 2027: 2000:Maurer, Squadrons, 419th Bombardment Squadron 1996: 1994: 1976:Maurer, Squadrons, 416th Bombardment Squadron 1967:Maurer, Squadrons, 348th Bombardment Squadron 1958:Maurer, Squadrons, 347th Bombardment Squadron 1949:Maurer, Squadrons, 346th Bombardment Squadron 1945: 1943: 1925:Maurer, Squadrons, 414th Bombardment Squadron 1907:Maurer, Squadrons, 341st Bombardment Squadron 1898:Maurer, Squadrons, 340th Bombardment Squadron 1894: 1892: 1874:Maurer, Squadrons, 429th Bombardment Squadron 1613:After war ended, the group was reassigned to 1019:(483d Bombardment Group, Apr 1944 – May 1945) 873:(463d Bombardment Group, Mar 1944 – May 1945) 444:(97th, 301st Bombardment Group, Nov–Dec 1942) 345:, Algiers, (97th Bombardment Group, Nov 1942) 8: 2075:Maurer, Squadrons, 773d Bombardment Squadron 2066:Maurer, Squadrons, 772d Bombardment Squadron 2033:Maurer, Squadrons, 352d Bombardment Squadron 1916:Maurer, Squadrons, 342d Bombardment Squadron 1865:Maurer, Squadrons, 96th Bombardment Squadron 1856:Maurer, Squadrons, 49th Bombardment Squadron 202:(2d, 301st Bombardment Groups, Jan–Jul 1943) 4673:Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress 2021:Maurer, Squadrons, 32d Bombardment Squadron 1738:Maurer, Units, 2d Bombardment Group pp25-26 1725:9th Bombardment Squadron 7BW History office 297:(2d, 97th Bombardment Groups, Feb–Aug 1943) 4448: 4209: 4195: 4187: 3916: 3863: 3616: 3585: 3571: 3563: 3169: 3067: 3056: 2224: 2213: 2185: 2171: 2163: 1251:1st Provisional Bombardment Group; Later: 396:(2d 99th Bombardment Groups, Feb–Apr 1943) 1243:US Army, Middle East Air Force (USAMEAF) 4382:Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident 1670: 1668: 1666: 1664: 1662: 1660: 1658: 1656: 1654: 1567: 1514: 1460: 1407: 1350: 1293: 1746: 1744: 1694: 1692: 1690: 1688: 1650: 491:(301st Bombardment Group, Mar–Aug 1943) 181:operated from the following Airfields: 1836: 1834: 1832: 1830: 1828: 1826: 1824: 1822: 1820: 1818: 1816: 1814: 1812: 1810: 755:(97th Bombardment Group, Mar–Aug 1943) 610:(97th Bombardment Group, Aug–Dec 1943) 4735:Mediterranean theatre of World War II 1808: 1806: 1804: 1802: 1800: 1798: 1796: 1794: 1792: 1790: 548:Tunisia (Twelfth/Fifteenth Air Force) 7: 1645:Air Force Historical Research Agency 1416:22 February 1943 – 8 November 1945 657:(2d Bombardment Group, Jul–Dec 1943) 56:landings. They were assigned to the 36:were the second-largest user of the 1359:13 November 1942 – 29 October 1945 1258:Provisional organization formed at 179:Mediterranean Theater of Operations 32:Mediterranean Theater of Operations 1496:(Square-Y Green Tail Rudder D/4) 14: 1576:9 March 1944 – 25 September 1945 1490:(Square-Y Green Tail Rudder C/3) 1484:(Square-Y Green Tail Rudder B/2) 1478:(Square-Y Green Tail Rudder A/1) 1469:26 November 1942 – 28 July 1945 3850: 3593: 2193: 1639: This article incorporates 1634: 1523:9 March 1944 – 25 September 1945 1472:Entered Combat: 28 November 1942 1362:Entered Combat: 16 November 1942 563:(2d Bombardment Group, Dec 1943) 3092:XII Troop Carrier (Provisional) 3117:47th Bombardment (7th Fighter) 378:Algiers Maison Blanche Airport 295:Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield 1: 4094:United States Army Air Forces 3470:United States Army Air Forces 1597:(Y-Star Red Tail Rudder III) 1550:(Wedge-Y Orange Tail Rudder) 1544:(Wedge-Y Orange Tail Rudder) 1538:(Wedge-Y Orange Tail Rudder) 1532:(Wedge-Y Orange Tail Rudder) 1526:Entered Combat: 30 March 1944 1504:, South Dakota, 28 July 1945 1419:Entered Combat: 16 March 1943 1305:Entered Combat: 28 April 1943 330:Chateaudun-du-Rhumel Airfield 27:United States Army Air Forces 1784:. 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9.84500 684:36.72083; 9.94306 643:Depienne Airfield 608:Depienne Airfield 590:37.24333; 9.78639 542: 541: 518:36.11056; 5.98861 423:36.11972; 5.82472 372:36.69083; 3.21528 324:36.14417; 6.13139 277:34.79333; 5.73806 229:36.00528; 6.57278 117:Operation Frantic 115:B-17s as part of 99:area of Southern 66:Twelfth Air Force 4747: 4580:All American III 4570: 4452: 4449: 4445:Notable aircraft 4424:Units of the MTO 4211: 4204: 4197: 4188: 4017:483d Bombardment 4002:463d Bombardment 3942:99th Bombardment 3937:98th Bombardment 3932:97th Bombardment 3917: 3889:55th Bombardment 3884:49th Bombardment 3879:47th Bombardment 3864: 3854: 3617: 3597: 3587: 3580: 3573: 3564: 3424:15th Bombardment 3210:99th Bombardment 3205:98th Bombardment 3200:97th Bombardment 3195:47th Bombardment 3190:17th Bombardment 3185:12th Bombardment 3170: 3132:57th Bombardment 3083:XII Tactical Air 3068: 3057: 2989:La Vallon (Y-18) 2903:Termini (Sicily) 2883:Scordia (Sicily) 2778:Messina (Sicily) 2773:Milazzo (Sicily) 2768:Mazzara (Sicily) 2713:Gerbini (Sicily) 2678:Elmas (Sardinia) 2648:Catania (Sicily) 2618:Borizzo (Sicily) 2396:Tafaraoui (Oran) 2225: 2214: 2197: 2187: 2180: 2173: 2164: 2157: 2154: 2148: 2145: 2139: 2136: 2130: 2124: 2118: 2115: 2106: 2103: 2094: 2091: 2085: 2082: 2076: 2073: 2067: 2064: 2058: 2052: 2046: 2043: 2034: 2031: 2022: 2019: 2013: 2007: 2001: 1998: 1989: 1986: 1977: 1974: 1968: 1965: 1959: 1956: 1950: 1947: 1938: 1935: 1926: 1923: 1917: 1914: 1908: 1905: 1899: 1896: 1887: 1884: 1875: 1872: 1866: 1863: 1857: 1854: 1848: 1838: 1785: 1774: 1768: 1767: 1765: 1763: 1754:. 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Archived from 1696: 1683: 1672: 1638: 1637: 1437:(Diamond-Y III) 1221: 1220: 1218: 1217: 1216: 1214: 1209: 1208: 1203: 1198: 1195: 1194: 1193: 1190: 1170: 1169: 1167: 1166: 1165: 1163: 1158: 1157: 1152: 1147: 1144: 1143: 1142: 1139: 1119: 1118: 1116: 1115: 1114: 1112: 1107: 1106: 1101: 1096: 1093: 1092: 1091: 1088: 1060: 1059: 1057: 1056: 1055: 1053: 1048: 1047: 1042: 1037: 1034: 1033: 1032: 1029: 1013: 1012: 1010: 1009: 1008: 1006: 1001: 1000: 995: 990: 987: 986: 985: 982: 962: 961: 959: 958: 957: 955: 950: 949: 944: 939: 936: 935: 934: 931: 914: 913: 911: 910: 909: 907: 902: 901: 896: 891: 888: 887: 886: 883: 867: 866: 864: 863: 862: 860: 855: 854: 849: 844: 841: 840: 839: 836: 818: 796: 795: 793: 792: 791: 789: 784: 783: 778: 773: 770: 769: 768: 765: 749: 748: 746: 745: 744: 742: 737: 736: 731: 726: 723: 722: 721: 718: 698: 697: 695: 694: 693: 691: 686: 685: 680: 675: 672: 671: 670: 667: 651: 650: 648: 647: 646: 644: 639: 638: 633: 628: 625: 624: 623: 620: 604: 603: 601: 600: 599: 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3335: 3249: 3161: 3112:42d Bombardment 3107:5th Bombardment 3095: 3062: 3043: 3004:Loyettes (Y-25) 2999:Luneville (Y-2) 2959:Clastres (A-71) 2932: 2858:Reggio Calabria 2748:Licata (Sicily) 2663:Ciampino (Rome) 2658:Comiso (Sicily) 2628:Castel Volturno 2581: 2420: 2416:Youks-les-Bains 2331:Es Sénia (Oran) 2289: 2219: 2208: 2191: 2161: 2160: 2155: 2151: 2146: 2142: 2137: 2133: 2125: 2121: 2116: 2109: 2104: 2097: 2092: 2088: 2083: 2079: 2074: 2070: 2065: 2061: 2053: 2049: 2044: 2037: 2032: 2025: 2020: 2016: 2008: 2004: 1999: 1992: 1987: 1980: 1975: 1971: 1966: 1962: 1957: 1953: 1948: 1941: 1936: 1929: 1924: 1920: 1915: 1911: 1906: 1902: 1897: 1890: 1885: 1878: 1873: 1869: 1864: 1860: 1855: 1851: 1839: 1788: 1775: 1771: 1761: 1759: 1750: 1749: 1742: 1737: 1730: 1723: 1719: 1709: 1707: 1698: 1697: 1686: 1673: 1652: 1635: 1632: 1443:(Diamond-Y IV) 1431:(Diamond-Y II) 1425:(Diamond-Y I) 1268:Fifth Air Force 1255:(No Tail Code) 1240: 1212: 1210: 1206: 1204: 1200: 1199: 1196: 1191: 1188: 1186: 1184: 1183: 1161: 1159: 1155: 1153: 1149: 1148: 1145: 1140: 1137: 1135: 1133: 1132: 1111:Foggia Airfield 1110: 1108: 1104: 1102: 1098: 1097: 1094: 1089: 1086: 1084: 1082: 1081: 1074:Foggia Airfield 1070: 1051: 1049: 1045: 1043: 1039: 1038: 1035: 1030: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1022: 1004: 1002: 998: 996: 992: 991: 988: 983: 980: 978: 976: 975: 954:Lucera Airfield 953: 951: 947: 945: 941: 940: 937: 932: 929: 927: 925: 924: 919:Lucera Airfield 906:Celone Airfield 905: 903: 899: 897: 893: 892: 889: 884: 881: 879: 877: 876: 871:Celone Airfield 858: 856: 852: 850: 846: 845: 842: 837: 834: 832: 830: 829: 806: 787: 785: 781: 779: 775: 774: 771: 766: 763: 761: 759: 758: 740: 738: 734: 732: 728: 727: 724: 719: 716: 714: 712: 711: 689: 687: 683: 681: 677: 676: 673: 668: 665: 663: 661: 660: 642: 640: 636: 634: 630: 629: 626: 621: 618: 616: 614: 613: 595: 593: 589: 587: 583: 582: 579: 574: 571: 569: 567: 566: 543: 523: 521: 517: 515: 511: 510: 507: 502: 499: 497: 495: 494: 476: 474: 470: 468: 464: 463: 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4358: 4357: 4351: 4349: 4345: 4344: 4342: 4341: 4336: 4330: 4328: 4324: 4323: 4321: 4320: 4314: 4312: 4311:Reconnaissance 4308: 4307: 4305: 4304: 4299: 4293: 4292: 4286: 4284: 4280: 4279: 4277: 4276: 4270: 4269: 4264: 4259: 4253: 4251: 4247: 4246: 4244: 4243: 4238: 4232: 4230: 4226: 4225: 4216: 4214: 4213: 4206: 4199: 4191: 4182: 4181: 4179: 4178: 4173: 4168: 4163: 4158: 4153: 4148: 4143: 4138: 4133: 4128: 4123: 4118: 4113: 4108: 4103: 4097: 4096: 4090: 4087: 4086: 4083: 4082: 4079: 4078: 4076: 4075: 4070: 4065: 4060: 4055: 4050: 4045: 4039: 4037: 4033: 4032: 4030: 4029: 4024: 4019: 4014: 4009: 4004: 3999: 3994: 3989: 3984: 3979: 3974: 3969: 3964: 3959: 3954: 3949: 3944: 3939: 3934: 3929: 3927:2d Bombardment 3923: 3921: 3914: 3910: 3909: 3907: 3906: 3901: 3896: 3891: 3886: 3881: 3876: 3870: 3868: 3861: 3857: 3856: 3849: 3847: 3844: 3843: 3841: 3840: 3835: 3830: 3825: 3820: 3815: 3810: 3805: 3800: 3795: 3790: 3785: 3780: 3775: 3770: 3765: 3760: 3755: 3750: 3745: 3740: 3735: 3730: 3725: 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3053: 3052: 3049: 3048: 3045: 3044: 3042: 3041: 3036: 3031: 3026: 3021: 3016: 3011: 3006: 3001: 2996: 2991: 2986: 2981: 2976: 2971: 2966: 2961: 2956: 2951: 2949:Amberieu (Y-5) 2946: 2940: 2938: 2934: 2933: 2931: 2930: 2925: 2920: 2915: 2910: 2905: 2900: 2895: 2890: 2885: 2880: 2875: 2870: 2865: 2863:Rocca Bernardo 2860: 2855: 2850: 2845: 2840: 2835: 2830: 2825: 2820: 2815: 2810: 2805: 2800: 2795: 2790: 2785: 2780: 2775: 2770: 2765: 2760: 2755: 2750: 2745: 2740: 2735: 2730: 2725: 2720: 2715: 2710: 2705: 2700: 2695: 2690: 2685: 2680: 2675: 2670: 2665: 2660: 2655: 2650: 2645: 2640: 2635: 2630: 2625: 2620: 2615: 2610: 2605: 2600: 2595: 2589: 2587: 2583: 2582: 2580: 2579: 2574: 2569: 2564: 2562:Souk-el-Khemis 2559: 2554: 2549: 2544: 2539: 2534: 2529: 2524: 2519: 2514: 2509: 2504: 2499: 2494: 2489: 2484: 2479: 2474: 2469: 2464: 2459: 2454: 2449: 2444: 2439: 2434: 2428: 2426: 2422: 2421: 2419: 2418: 2413: 2408: 2403: 2398: 2393: 2388: 2383: 2378: 2373: 2368: 2363: 2358: 2353: 2348: 2343: 2338: 2333: 2328: 2323: 2318: 2313: 2308: 2303: 2297: 2295: 2291: 2290: 2288: 2287: 2282: 2277: 2272: 2267: 2262: 2257: 2252: 2247: 2242: 2237: 2231: 2229: 2221: 2220: 2217: 2210: 2209: 2192: 2190: 2189: 2182: 2175: 2167: 2159: 2158: 2149: 2140: 2131: 2119: 2107: 2095: 2086: 2077: 2068: 2059: 2047: 2035: 2023: 2014: 2002: 1990: 1978: 1969: 1960: 1951: 1939: 1927: 1918: 1909: 1900: 1888: 1876: 1867: 1858: 1849: 1786: 1769: 1740: 1728: 1717: 1684: 1649: 1648: 1631: 1628: 1627: 1626: 1611: 1606:Deployed from 1604: 1598: 1592: 1586: 1580: 1577: 1566: 1565: 1559: 1558: 1553:Deployed from 1551: 1545: 1539: 1533: 1527: 1524: 1513: 1512: 1506: 1505: 1497: 1491: 1485: 1479: 1473: 1470: 1459: 1458: 1452: 1451: 1446:Deployed from 1444: 1438: 1432: 1426: 1420: 1417: 1406: 1405: 1399: 1398: 1387: 1381: 1375: 1369: 1363: 1360: 1349: 1348: 1342: 1341: 1332:Deployed from 1330: 1324: 1318: 1312: 1306: 1303: 1292: 1291: 1285: 1284: 1256: 1249: 1245: 1244: 1239: 1236: 1223: 1222: 1180: 1179: 1172: 1171: 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3679: 3676: 3675: 3673: 3669: 3663: 3660: 3658: 3655: 3653: 3650: 3648: 3645: 3643: 3640: 3638: 3635: 3633: 3630: 3628: 3625: 3624: 3622: 3618: 3615: 3611: 3607: 3603: 3600: 3596: 3588: 3583: 3581: 3576: 3574: 3569: 3568: 3565: 3553: 3550: 3548: 3545: 3543: 3540: 3538: 3535: 3533: 3530: 3528: 3525: 3523: 3520: 3518: 3515: 3513: 3510: 3508: 3505: 3503: 3500: 3498: 3495: 3493: 3490: 3488: 3485: 3483: 3480: 3478: 3475: 3474: 3471: 3468: 3467: 3464: 3450: 3447: 3445: 3442: 3440: 3437: 3435: 3432: 3430: 3427: 3425: 3422: 3421: 3419: 3415: 3405: 3402: 3400: 3397: 3395: 3392: 3390: 3387: 3385: 3382: 3380: 3377: 3375: 3372: 3371: 3369: 3366:Troop carrier 3364: 3358: 3355: 3353: 3350: 3348: 3345: 3344: 3342: 3338: 3332: 3331:350th Fighter 3329: 3327: 3324: 3322: 3321:325th Fighter 3319: 3317: 3316:324th Fighter 3314: 3312: 3309: 3307: 3304: 3302: 3299: 3297: 3294: 3292: 3289: 3287: 3284: 3282: 3279: 3277: 3274: 3272: 3269: 3267: 3264: 3262: 3259: 3258: 3256: 3252: 3246: 3243: 3241: 3238: 3236: 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Index


United States Army Air Forces
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
World War II
Operation Torch
5th Bombardment Wing
XII Bomber Command
Twelfth Air Force
American Fifth Army
Tunisia
North African Campaign
Ninth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
Foggia
Italy
Third Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Operation Frantic
Poltava Airfield
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Ain M'lila Airfield
36°00′19″N 006°34′22″E / 36.00528°N 6.57278°E / 36.00528; 6.57278 (Ain M'lila Airfield)
Biskra Airfield
34°47′36″N 005°44′17″E / 34.79333°N 5.73806°E / 34.79333; 5.73806 (Biskra Airfield)

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