FRE 3920
IMAGEA 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.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ten Knights in a Bar Room
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Research carried our by 95th Bomb Group Archives and David Lovell:
https://twitter.com/lucymaymaxwell/status/950411354397126656
Sources: Comparison with aerial photos of modern day Marrakesh, the 95th Bomb Group unit history, 95th Bomb Group online records (http://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4868 and others) and 95th 334th Sqd CO Harry Conley's account of the mission in his book "No Foxholes in the Sky", in which he states that several damaged 95th B-17s were flown from Bone to Marrakech for repairs prior to return to UK.