The 489th Bombardment Squadron on Corsica

1. 489th BS Insignia from B-25 at MAAM, 2. 340th BG Insignia from Q. Kaiser's A2 flight jacket (1944), 3. NASA space shuttle photo of Corsica, 4. 12th Air Force patch, 5. U.S. Army Air Corps Patch .


Operation Torch Landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942. Marrakech, French Morocco - B-25 ferry stop indicated in Quentin Kaiser's mission log. Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Gibraltar - First US blimp in continental Europe. Tafaraoui, Algeria - First 12th Air Force Headquarters in North Africa after Operation Torch. Telergma, Algeria - B-25 ferry stop indicated in Quentin Kaiser's mission log. Phillipville, Algeria - Base for the 379th Squadron of the 310th Bombardment Group. Naval Air Station Bermuda, Kindley Field: southern route stopover for airships K-89 and K-114 (April, 1945).
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