A contingent from the New Jersey Air and Army National Guard, U.S. Embassy-Tirana, and the U.S. Air Force Office of the Command Surgeon, Ramstein Air Base, Germany survey the site of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron’s C-47 transport plane crash in Belsh, Elbasan, Albania, March 7, 2023. The group traveled to Belsh to meet and honor the members of the Zena family, whose relatives helped rescue and house the members of the 807th in November of 1943, after they were shot down behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Albania during World War II. All 26 members of the squadron, made up of flight nurses, medics, technicians, and pilots, survived the crash and endured harsh winter conditions as they trekked through the mountains of Albania for over two years, hiding from enemy forces, until they could safely reach the Adriatic Coast and were rescued by OSS Agent Lloyd Smith and British operatives on January 9, 1945.
| Date Taken: | 03.07.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.08.2023 17:20 |
| Photo ID: | 7671358 |
| VIRIN: | 230307-A-RX235-348 |
| Resolution: | 5441x3627 |
| Size: | 5.79 MB |
| Location: | BELSH, AL |
| Web Views: | 33 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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