WW2 1st Fighter Group Bases - North Africa

Brenden and Elliot with local Arabs, Tafaraoui
courtesy Donald Brenden

Tafaraoui, Algeria,
Nov 1942

photo by Donald Brenden

Atlas Mountains scene North Africa 1942
photo by Donald Brenden

27 FS chow line in the mud at Nouvion, Algeria Nov 1942
photo by Donald Brenden

Friendly Burros at Chateau d'un du-Rhumel, Algeria, Spring 1943.
courtesy Max Rayburn.

Ken Jones' "lake side" pup tent, 27 FS, Mateur, Tunisia, 1943

94th Ops, Youks les Bains, Algeria, Dec 1942

Enlisted Tents, Biskra, Algeria, Dec 1942
photo by Donald Brenden

Unknown aircraft buzzing 1st Fighter Group at Mateur, Tunisia, 1943 photo by Donald Brenden

Mateur, Tunisia from the window of a C-47
photo by Donald Brenden

Kauzlaric and Abbot wait to leave Djedeida (near Tunis) Nov 1943
photo by Donald Brenden

Wrecked French Bloch MB175 after JU-88 raid at Maison Blanche, Algeria, Nov 1942
photo by Donald Brenden

Officer's mess at Biskra

Elliot and Arab, Nouvion

Italian Pilots with Macchi MC 205, Cagliari, Sardinia

Happy Hour at Mateur, Tunisia.
photo by Col Richard

Map of 1st Fighter's North Africa Bases

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