WW2 1st Fighter Group Bases - 71st Fighter Squadron
Maison Blanche, Algeria, Nov-Dec 1942
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Present Day satellite image of Maison Blanche airfield, Algeria (courtesy Google Earth) |
 P-38 in crater at Maison Blanche, Algeria 1942 courtesy Roy Russell |
Undated post card from Maison Blanche Airfield, Algeria |
 Wrecked French Bloch MB175 after JU-88 raid at Maison Blanche, Algeria, Nov 1942 photo by Donald Brenden |
Destroyed 1 FG P-38 bombed by German night raid at Maison Blanche |
Lt Ilfrey, 94th, with a Vichy French De Woitine D540 at Miason Blance Airfield, Angiers, 1942 photo courtesy Jack Ilfrey |
Dec 1st, 1942- "Aircrews met the delayed arrival of the ground echelon with cheers as the aircrews have been servicing their own aircraft" 71st ground element begins to move to Maison Blanche, near Algiers, via airlift, train, and truck - with the move finally complete on 17 Dec 1942, only to start moving again on December 22nd to Biskra following the advance of allied forces across North Africa. |
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