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Old 20th March 2020, 18:01
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Re: B-26D 41-18271

Hello all,
326 Service Sqn was a equivalent to a RAF maintenance unit, and USAAF XIIth BC Bombardment Training Center trained all B-26 crews in the Med at that time (replacement crews for USAAF 17th, 319th, 320th BGs and RAF 14 Sqn, and conversion training for French and SAAF units (12 & 24 Sqn SAAF).
"HQ Bombardment Training Center, Telergma, Algeria, Africa" "October 1943"
"28 The First Bombardment Training Squadron received a new class of French Officers and enlisted men from French Air Force. Some of them come from the French Group 122, where we have many friends, and some from the new French Group 233. Major Abertus, the Commanding Officer of the 122 Group is in charge of the French Students from this group."
"In order to teach the French Air Force the fundamentals of the B-26 Type Aircraft the following circulars have been writen in French:
Flying Regulations of the B.T.C.
Pilot Questiinaire for the B-26." etc. etc.
Group 122 mentioned is GBM I/22 Maroc, but Group 233 is a mystery to me (either GR 2/33 Savoie, that flew recce Spitfires, or a typo for GBM II/63 Sénégal).
Zoran

Last edited by Zoran Petek; 20th March 2020 at 21:41. Reason: typo
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