A B-17 Flying Fortress (OE-Z, serial number 42-30353) of the 335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group flies low over Marrakesh, Morocco, after the Regensburg shuttle mission, 17 August 1943. The rectangle of gardens at the top of the frame is now known as Jardins de l’Agdal. Koutoubia Mosque is a large building mid-right of frame. The focus of roads mid frame is at Hammam Dar el-Bach’s.
Although 95th Bomb Group aircraft landed at Telerghma and Bone airfields in Algeria after bombing Regensburg, several aircraft that were damaged in the course of the mission, flew to Marrakesh for repairs before returning to the UK.
Handwritten caption on reverse: '230353. OE-Z. 95BG. Mission of 17/8/43 - Regensburg Shuttle.'
IWM catalogue record
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (OE-Z, serial number 42-30353) of the 335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group flies low over North Africa during the Regensburg shuttle mission, 17 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '230353. OE-Z. 95BG. Mission of 17/8/43 - Regensburg Shuttle.'
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Units
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-Z] Horham 27/6/43; 334BS [BG-C]; 38m, transferred 388BG Aphrodite Project [remote controlled flying bomb filled with Torpex explosives], Knettishall; 803BS RCM...