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Times of Malta with headline "Sicilian airfields under constant hammering"

Typewritten description of Mission #14 on June 27, 1943, to Athens' Tatoi Air Drome. "The Wild Wolf had about 40 holes in her skin." General Orders awarding Huddleston a Purple Heart for action on July 14, 1943.

Typewritten description of Missions 2, 3, and 4 over Reggio, Italy, railyard. "All of the supplies for Rommel in North Africa are shipped from ports just a few miles apart in this area." Three photographs of crew members; one photograph of planes…

Typewritten description of activities during bad weather. Huddleston steals a jeep to drive around the desert: "This was the normal procedure to get transportation around here; it was more or less a game and you certainly didn't keep the jeep long…

Typewritten description of Libya: "I cant so help me see why anyone would fight for this part of the world." Four photographs of German cemetery, wrecked plane, and Libyan farmer.

Typewritten description of missions 5 and 6 over Messina and Catania, Sicily. Receive Canadian fighter escorts over Malta: "These guys sure do fly the pants off a plane." Two photographs: one of planes aloft, one of crew member with gun.

Typewritten description of missions 7 and 8: destroying new new planes at airfields in San Giavanni and Foggia, Italy. Typewritten description of Missions 9-12: "On the Gerbini raid, a fighter got through our screen and at 3 o-clock, knocked off half…

Typewritten text describing food and living conditions in Benghazi: "the hardest part about living here is the food." Two photographs: One of well, one of crew member bathing.

Typewritten description of German attack on convoy. "They got one oil tanker and a cargo ship . . . We couldn't swim for about 2 weeks In peace without getting covered in oil." Four photographs: airplane aloft, plane being serviced, and wreckage in…

Typewritten description of Missions 15-17 over Sicily. On Catania mission, the crew has to land in Malta because they've lost an engine. Describes injuries at Messina raid that earned him a Purple Heart. Four photographs: plane on the ground,…