North Africa Pictures

Here are more pictures from North Africa. If anything was written on the back, I'll type it in above the picture.

German and Italian planes near Besentii (sp?--might be Bizerte).


Anti-Aircraft Ball. (?), Africa-'43



German Tank, Africa - '43



Junked German plane, Africa -'43


Battlefield in Africa, '43


Captured German Plane, Africa '43



B-24 brought down by Germans in Africa. beach near Bisentie (possibly Bizerte--hard to read!)



Airfield in Africa, '43


(nothing on the back of this one, but obviously of part of the 26th General Field Hospital)



Not sure where this was taken. It may have been after they crossed over to Italy. On the back it says "S/Sgt Josephson, Albertson, and myself" (Myself was my Dad, Walt Pugh).

 

Still more pictures from North Africa (I think!). I will try to put all the pictures from Italy in a separate post, but some of them may be in the wrong batch.

On the back of this one it says "Myself, Ace (Asa) Queen, Albertson, and Berquist. Myself refers to my Dad, Walt Pugh, and he is the one on the far right, so I'm guessing the names are listed from right to left, but I can't be sure. I recognize Asa Queen from other pictures, and he is next to my dad.



Nothing on the back of this one, but must be taken at the field hospital outside of Bizot, near Constantine.



Nothing on back of this one. Could be from Constantine, Bizerte, or even Italy.


Nothing on back, but guessing it was taken in North Africa. The book mentions that they saw foreign officers when they were in Bizerte and in Constantine. Or it could have been in Italy.


Again, no clues on the back. Probably a street in North Africa, or maybe in Italy.


Nothing on the back; the book I have mentions that the hospital staff often visited parts of the old City in Bari, Italy, or this could have been in North Africa.


Again, no clues, but it looks like a horse-drawn hearse.



Nothing on the back, but this one is obviously an Enlisted Men's tent. The book says the officers were two men per tent, and the enlisted were 8 men per tent at the field hospital.


Nothing on the back. Probably in Italy, perhaps in the old section of Bari.


Nothing on the back, but my Dad loved cars, so I guess he was taking a picture of the car and the architecture of the building.

 

I'm pretty sure all of this batch of pictures were from North Africa. Nothing is written on the backs of any of these.

 

Last batch of pictures from North Africa. There is nothing on the backs of any of these except the last one, which was actually a postcard.







On the back of the postcard is this printed info: 729 Tunis Place Bab-Souika

 

Superb pics...highly unique I'd have thought. And a great chance to look at the times from a social view as well as military. Love em.

 

What a phenomenal treasure you have, Bonnie. Amazing photos! I think you are on the right track with Bizerte on the few that you had difficulty making out the writing. The 5th photo in post #22 is almost certainly North Africa from the attire of the locals. The two gentlemen in dress uniforms I will leave to some of our more knowledgeable members. Thanks for sharing these photos, Bonnie.

 

This is a great collection you've got Bonnie. Most people would love to have such an extensive collection.

 

Excellent photos. A couple of comments:

The aircraft in post #21 labeled "B-24 brought down by Germans..." is a B-25 Mitchell.

The B-24 in post #23 (62 on nose) is 41-24310, later named PATCHES, and flown by Donald O'Sullivan and crew on the 1 August '43 Operation TIDAL WAVE mission to Ploesti. 376th Bomb Group, 514th Bomb Squadron.
See PATCHES (V10) here:
http://www.b24bestweb.com/Pics-P-PATCHES.htm

 

Thanks for the comment, Son of a Gun(ner). I really don't have any knowledge of WWII planes, and just typed in what Dad had written on the backs. Don't see how I can edit the original post, so grateful you included the corrections here. Interesting info on Patches, too.

Bonnie

 

Your dad did us all here a good service...Thanks for adding them to the site once more.

 

This is a Tiger, number 724, originally number 112, and was one of the first 3 Tigers to land in Africa. Looks like it eventually broke down and the Germans took all the spare parts they could carry. At bottom left of the photo you can see the radiator inlet duct; it required a crane to lift that out.
There are many photos of this Tiger http://tiger1.info/tank/A2F , and it's discussed at WWW.TIIF.DE

David