BBC News has an update today; headlined: World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in Himalayas. World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in...
I composed the below summary a month ago as an update to two academic helpers: With paid help by a researcher who uses the South African Archives...
Gordon, Found it or close as one can! See my update on: General Return on the Strength of the British Army
Ricky, Yes, that is an option. The snag is that for the US military I cannot identify a specific formation in Algeria, let alone at Setif....
I have not given up with this topic. A few lines to follow now, apart from visiting libraries in London - which is an issue due to something.
Alas no response from the family, so I have closed this part of the research into what happened at Setif on VE-Day (another thread).
I asked the Air Historical Branch for help recently and had this response: That I think closes the matter. It has been an interesting journey...
Windy City, Your question does not really fit here. There is an area for espionage, where it might get more attention. That caveat aside and I...
GRW, I don't think so. 'Base Unit(s)' existed all over the place, such Aden and Ghana in 1945. the USAAF having a near global network of air...
A delayed update: 1. It appears that the Maison Blanche airfield, near Algiers was a shared facility with the USAAF 1259 Base Unit, RAF 144...
In 1998 I visited the Crimea, with a German-led military history group for a week, going up to the Perekop peninsula, then to Kerch to the east...
No response from the local history society in his home town, after two months now. Next option is to try his family via the undertakers / church;...
I have for the moment stopped online research as so little is available. With Google Translate I have looked at a number of French references,...
GRW, It is clear in my reading that loyalties changed after Setif; yes, may be for a minority and so the Lost Command theme fits. I was...
This post is an update on the research so far. Background Alistair Horne described Setif, Algeria, as “A Town of No Great Interest,” in his book...
Tommy thank you. I now have found this: From Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio on 28/12/1941 (behind a paywall and not accessed) Dayton Daily...
Digging away I have found the Captain's full name is Wallace William Junior Masteller and from his home town's newspaper: From: Out of the past -...
It appears that the by May 1945 the Allied (UK & US) presence in Algeria was for rear area units, so no combat troops. Plus the only recorded base...
My research in the UK into an incident involving the US military in Setif, Algeria on VE-Day identified a possible participant, U.S. Army Captain...
Encountered this student's masters thesis from 2015 whilst looking into matters Algeria and it may interest some here. The article's title being:...
