The senior Allied airmen of the North Africa campaign.
(Left to Right)
Air Mshl Sir Arthur Coningham (NATAF)
LTG Carl A. Spaatz (NAAF)
Air Chf Mshl Sir Arthur W. Tedder (MAC)
BG Laurence G. Kuter (Tedder’s XO)
Allied Force Headquarters
GEN Dwight D. Eisenhower, USA
18th Army Group
Gen the Honorable Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, BA
British First Army
Lt-Gen Kenneth A. N. Anderson, BA
British V Corps
Maj-Gen Charles W. Allfrey, BA
British IX Corps
Maj-Gen John T. Crocker, BA
French XIX Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Alphonse P. Juin, AT
US II Corps
MG George S. Patton, Jr., USA
British Eighth Army
Lt-Gen Bernard L. Montgomery, BA
British X Corps
Maj-Gen Herbert Lumsden, BA
British XIII Corps
Maj-Gen Brian G. Horrocks, BA
British XXX Corps
Maj-Gen Oliver W. H. Leese, BA
Mediterranean Air Command (MAC)
Air Chf Mshl Sir Arthur W. Tedder, RAF
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF)
LTG Carl A. Spaatz, USAAF
Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF)
AVM Hugh P. Lloyd, RAF
Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF)
Air Mshl Sir Arthur Coningham, RAF
US Twelfth Air Force (12AF)/Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF)
MG Jimmy H. Doolittle, USAAFR
5th Bomb Wing (5BW)
BG Joseph Atkinson, USAAF
2nd Bombardment Group (2BG)
(Boeing B-17s)
(Y in a Circle)
20th Bombardment Squadron (20BS)
49th Bombardment Squadron (49BS)
96th Bombardment Squadron (96BS)
429th Bombardment Squadron (429BS)
97th Bombardment Group (97BG)
(Boeing B-17s)
(Y in a Triangle)
340th Bombardment Squadron (340BS)
341st Bombardment Squadron (341BS)
342nd Bombardment Squadron (342BS)
414th Bombardment Squadron (414BS)
99th Bombardment Group (99BG)
(Boeing B-17s)
(Y in a Diamond)
346th Bombardment Squadron (346BS)
347th Bombardment Squadron (347BS)
348th Bombardment Squadron (348BS)
416th Bombardment Squadron (416BS)
301st Bombardment Group (301BG)
(Boeing B-17s)
(Y in a Square)
32nd Bombardment Squadron (32BS)
352nd Bombardment Squadron (352BS)
353rd Bombardment Squadron (353BS)
419th Bombardment Squadron (419BS)
1st Fighter Group (1FG)
(Lockheed P-38s)
27th Fighter Squadron (27FS)
(Red Wingtip)
71st Fighter Squadron (71FS)
(Black Wingtip)
94th Fighter Squadron (94FS)
(Yellow Wingtip)
14th Fighter Group (14FG)
(Lockheed P-38s)
37th Fighter Squadron (37FS)
48th Fighter Squadron (48FS)
49th Fighter Squadron (49FS)
42nd Bomb Wing (5BW)
BG Robert M. Webster, USAAF
17th Bombardment Group (17BG)
(Martin B-26s)
(Red Vertical Stripe)
34th Bombardment Squadron (34BS)
(Blue Prop)
37th Bombardment Squadron (37BS)
(Red Prop)
95th Bombardment Squadron (95BS)
(Yellow Prop)
432nd Bombardment Squadron (432BS)
(White Prop)
319th Bombardment Group (319BG)
(Martin B-26s)
(White Vertical Stripe)
437th Bombardment Squadron (437BS)
(Blue Cowlings)
438th Bombardment Squadron (438BS)
(Red Cowlings)
439th Bombardment Squadron (439BS)
(Yellow Cowlings)
440th Bombardment Squadron (440BS)
(White Cowlings)
320th Bombardment Group (320BG)
(Martin B-26s)
(Yellow Vertical Stripe)
441st Bombardment Squadron (441BS)
442nd Bombardment Squadron (442BS)
443rd Bombardment Squadron (443BS)
444th Bombardment Squadron (444BS)
325th Fighter Group (325FG)
(Curtiss P-40s)
(Yellow & Black Checkerboard Tail)
317th Fighter Squadron (317FS)
318th Fighter Squadron (318FS)
319th Fighter Squadron (319FS)
74th Bombardment Wing (5BW)
BG Carlyle Ridenour, USAAF
310th Bombardment Group (310BG)
(North American B-25s)
(Yellow Horizontal Stripe)
379th Bombardment Squadron (379BS)
(White Underline)
380th Bombardment Squadron (380BS)
(Blue Underline)
381st Bombardment Squadron (381BS)
(Red Underline)
428th Bombardment Squadron (428BS)
(Yellow Underline)
321st Bombardment Group (321BG)
(North American B-25s)
(Red Wingtip)
445th Bombardment Squadron (445BS)
(I)
446th Bombardment Squadron (446BS)
(II)
447th Bombardment Squadron (447BS)
(III)
448th Bombardment Squadron (448BS)
(IV)
82nd Fighter Group (82FG)
(Lockheed P-38s)
95th Fighter Squadron (95FS)
(A-)
96th Fighter Squadron (96FS)
(B-)
97th Fighter Squadron (97FS)
(C-)
No. 205 Group
Air Cdre John H. T. Simpson, RAF
No. 231 Wing
(Vickers Wellingtons)
No. 37 Squadron
(LF-)
No. 40 Squadron
(BL-)
No. 70 Squadron
(DU-)
No. 237 Wing
No. 104 Squadron
(Vickers Wellingtons)
(EP-)
No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
(Handley Page Halifaxes)
(Z5-)
No. 330 Wing
(Vickers Wellingtons)
No. 142 Squadron
(QT-)
No. 150 Squadron
(JN-)
No. 331 Wing (RCAF)
(Vickers Wellingtons)
No. 420 Squadron
(PT-)
No. 424 Squadron
(QB-)
No. 425 Squadron
(KW-)
Middle East Command
Air Chf Mshl Sir W. Sholto Douglas, RAF
Air Headquarters – Aden (AHQ Aden)
AVM Frank H. MacNamara, RAF
Air Headquarters – East Africa (AHQ East Africa)
AVM Harold S. Kerby, RAF
Air Headquarters – Eastern Mediterranean (AHQ Eastern Mediterranean)
AVM Richard E. Saul, RAF
Air Headquarters – Iraq and Persia (AHQ Iraq and Persia)
AVM Hugh V. Champion de Crespigny, RAF
Air Headquarters – Levant (AHQ Levant)
Air Cdre Bernard McEntegart, RAF
US Ninth Air Force (9AF)
MG Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF
IX Bomber Command (IX BC)
BG Uzal G. Ent, USAAF
12th Bombardment Group (12BG)
(North American B-25s)
81st Bombardment Squadron (81BS)
82nd Bombardment Squadron (82BS)
83rd Bombardment Squadron (83BS)
434th Bombardment Squadron (434BS)
98th Bombardment Group (98BG)
(Consolidated B-24s)
343rd Bombardment Squadron (343BS)
344th Bombardment Squadron (344BS)
345th Bombardment Squadron (345BS)
415th Bombardment Squadron (415BS)
340th Bombardment Group (340BG)
(North American B-25s)
486th Bombardment Squadron (486BS)
487th Bombardment Squadron (487BS)
488th Bombardment Squadron (488BS)
489th Bombardment Squadron (489BS)
376th Bombardment Group (376BG)
(Consolidated B-24s)
512th Bombardment Squadron (512BS)
513th Bombardment Squadron (513BS)
514th Bombardment Squadron (514BS)
515th Bombardment Squadron (515BS)
IX Fighter Command (IX FC)
BG Auby S. Strickland, USAAF
57th Fighter Group (57FG)
(Curtiss P-40s)
64th Fighter Squadron (64FS)
65th Fighter Squadron (65FS)
66th Fighter Squadron (66FS)
79th Fighter Group (79FG)
(Curtiss P-40s)
85th Fighter Squadron (85FS)
86th Fighter Squadron (86FS)
87th Fighter Squadron (87FS)
324th Fighter Group (324FG)
(Curtiss P-40s)
314th Fighter Squadron (314FS)
315th Fighter Squadron (315FS)
316th Fighter Squadron (316FS)
IX Air Service Command (IX ASC)
BG Elmer E. Adler, USAAF
(Douglas C-47s)
Air Headquarters – Gibraltar (AHQ Gibraltar)
AVM Sturley P. Simpson, RAF
Air Headquarters – Malta (AHQ Malta)
AVM Sir Keith R. Park, RAF
Mediterranean Fleet
Adm of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, RN
Mediterranean Fleet Light Forces
RAdm Sir John C. Tovey, RN
US Eighth Fleet
Adm Henry K. Hewitt, USN