What:
World War II
Where:
Gibraltar
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Photo taken by Captain Roger Larson, formerly with the RAF Eagle Squadron, was one of the ace recon pilots of the war. He flew missions in direct support of the armies in Tunisia, and was killed 13 February 1943 on a special courier flight to Tripoli for the US Eighth Army.
What:
World War II
Captain Larsons’s famous dicing shot of the Roman amphitheater of El Jem (El Djem, Thysdrus)
Roman amphitheater of El Jem (Thysdrus)
Where:
El Djem, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia
When:
12 December 1942
Reference:
Photo appears in the Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing Yearbook 1943 (PDF)
What:
World War II
Pyramid of Khafre
Where:
Near Giza, Egypt
When:
1944 or 1945
What:
World War II
Step pyramid of Djoser
Where:
Saqqara (Sakkara or Saccara) south of Cairo, Egypt
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Photo taken by Captain Roger Larson, formerly with the RAF Eagle Squadron, was one of the ace recon pilots of the war. He flew missions in direct support of the armies in Tunisia, and was killed 13 February 1943 on a special courier flight to Tripoli for the US Eighth Army.
What:
World War II
Captain Larsons’s famous dicing shot of the Roman amphitheater of El Jem (El Djem, Thysdrus)
Roman amphitheater of El Jem (Thysdrus)
Where:
El Djem, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia
When:
12 December 1942
Reference:
Photo appears in the Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing Yearbook 1943 (PDF)
What:
World War II
What:
World War II
What:
World War II