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Lt. Col. Elliott Roosevelt receives the Distinguished Flying Cross in Algiers for outstanding services performed by his Group in the African Campaign. [Note B-17E 41-9045 stands in the background]
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A28689-23665AC.
Military | Brigadier General | Commanding Officer Photographic Wing
In WWII he commanded the aerial reconnaissance wing that played a key role in the Allies' 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France, as well as the invasions of North Africa and Sicily Commander of HQ 325th Photo Wing, [Reconnaissance]. Roosevelt...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 414BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; transferred 92BG Bovingdon 24/8/42; crash landed Agricultural College, Athenry, Ireland, near Galway Bay, 15/1/43 ex N/Africa after taking part in 1st Prov Grp of Gen Brereton in Eritrea (as No 8.). En route...
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| 06 December 2016 17:49:30 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, person associations and aircraft associations |
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