&quot;The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on a Focke Wulf plant at Marienburg.  Coming back, the Germans were up in full force and we lost at least 80 ships - 800 men, many of them pals.&quot;  1943. Army Air Forces.  (OWI)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  208-YE-7
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1087

B-17 bombs Focke Wulf plant

An Air Transport Command plane flies over the pyramids in Egypt.  Loaded with urgent war supplies and materials, this plane is one of a fleet flying shipments from the U.S. across the Atlantic and the continent of Africa to strategic battle zones.  1943. (Army)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  111-SC-179564
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1015

DC-3 over Egypt Pyramids

Photograph shows goats on a runway, with airplanes in the background, in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. LC-DIG-ppmsca-13250