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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2024 1:27 am 
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You just have to wonder… what happened to all that stuff??


Mainly chucked into the Pacific, near to Nikumaroro Island.

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Dan Jones wrote:
You just have to wonder… what happened to all that stuff??

La plupart ont intégré l'Armée de l'Air française. Tous les personnels sur les photographies sont français.


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What a fantastic post, and an amazing collection of photos. Thanks Mark.

Really interesting to see female civilian workers there. I wonder, were they French? Algerians? British?

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Dave Homewood wrote:
What a fantastic post, and an amazing collection of photos. Thanks Mark.

Really interesting to see female civilian workers there. I wonder, were they French? Algerians? British?


Blida is in Algeria, and Algeria was French at the time.


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Mark,
You are my favorite aviation journalist- GREAT THREAD!

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Forgotten Field wrote:
Mark,
You are my favorite aviation journalist- GREAT THREAD!

To paraphrase The Joker in the 1989 Batman movie: "Where does he get these wonderful photos?"


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