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Andy possibles BE490, BE491 (274Sqn.) or BE493, BE494 (80Sqn.); the cocardes have been over-painted so personnel may be Yugoslav ? 491 went to Turkey.


Photo 4. B-25C 41-12831 82BS "Bulldogs"/12BG Ninth AF in Libya or Algeria 1943; objects in background look like B-25 bomb-bay gas tanks. Sand-Neutral Grey.
Photo 5. B-24D 41-23785 (98BG Ninth AF) probably at Benina Main Benghazi in Libya 1943; collided with 41-11806 over sea on mission June 13 1943, both crews killed. MACRs 15649 - 15547. Sand-Neutral Grey; must be lost before aircraft letter applied. She just missed Ploesti.


(Photo 1. A-20C / Boston IIIA 41-19242, could be ex-Soviet contract exchanged for Spitfires; note no RAF serial and US serial in black. RAF or SAAF.
(Photo2 is a Baltimore).

Nick