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From an old book :
Royal Air Force Bombers of World War II Vol. 2
by Philip J.R. Moyes
Hylton Lacy Publishers, 1968.
Four Fortresses where sent to the Middle East.
8 NOV 1941, Target near Tobrouk :
AN529 (P/O Swanson) ran out of fuel, F/L in ennemy territory, lost;
AN518 ran out of fuel, landed at Mersa Matruh.
AN521 crashed after an engine fire during a fuel consumption test (no date given)
The pic captioned
Boeing B-17 of No. 90 Squadron Detachment in RAF Colours, Egypt 1941
is identified as AN532 WP°J
see
http://forum.armyairforces.com/B17C-...166628-p2.aspx
AN521 - 6 miles N Shalufa 10th January 1942.
AN529 - Crashed in forced landing 80 miles W of Ft.Maddallena, Libia 8th November 1941.
AN518 & AN532 were transfered back to the USAAF, when 220 squadron was in India.