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

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
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces via reddog1944.com
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Photos at Same Place Chelghoum el Aid, Mila, Algeria
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Rob Funk says:
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.

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