| Caption | James Doolittle awarding the Purple Heart to the crew of B-17E Flying Fortress bomber 'Sweet Chariot', Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, Jul 1943 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces via reddog1944.com | |||||||||||
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| Photo Size | 1,081 x 635 pixels | |||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Chelghoum el Aid, Mila, Algeria | |||||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Chelghoum el Aid, Mila, Algeria |
| Lat/Long | 36.1442, 6.1314 |
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31 May 2020 03:12:49 PM
Names of those recipients? My great uncle James Jesse Funk was there and KIA over Austria November 2, 1943.