WW2 Aircraft Wrecks at 1st FG Airfields
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P-38 in crater at Maison Blanche, Tunisia 1943
courtesy Roy Russell
P-38 landing gear collapse, Foggia, Italy
courtesy Ole Larson

Lts George Parker and John Lion, 71st FS, with German fighter wreck, Gambut, Lybia, Oct 1943
courtesy Charlie McCann


Wilburt Schneider P-38 nose gear collapse

courtesy Felix Pasteris

P-38 crash on takeoff, Foggia, Italy
courtesy Felix Pasteris

Wrecked German
Dornier 217 aircraft,
Salsola, Italy 1944

courtesy Norman G. Weber

Burning 1 FG P-38 c 1943
Photo courtesy Ken Fritz

1 FG P-38 bombed by German night raid at Maison Blanche

Jake Moutier's battle-damaged P-38 "Dot", crashed by Lt Roy Russell at Biskra, 1943. An unamused Lt Moutier investigates.
Courtesy Roy Russell

A 1st FG P-38 finds a bomb crater after deploying from England and landing at dusk at Tafaroui, 1943
Courtesy Roy Russell

Closeup of P-38 in bomb crater at Tafaroui, 1943 Courtesy Roy Russell

Destroyed French light bomber Bloch MB 175 at Maison Blanche Airfield, Tunisia, 1942
Courtesy Donald Brendan


German JU-290 Transport wreck at Tunis airport, 1943
courtesy Robin Hansen

1st FG pilots with JU-52, Tunis, Aug 1943
(Lt Virg Ratcliffe 2nd from right) courtesy of Gary Metz, Virg's Nephew

Italian Savoia Marchetti

B-17 Wreck, Corsica?
Photo courtesy Jim Bertoglio