WWII Escape from Albania

hen the group of World War II flight nurses and medics set out from Sicily to Bari Italy little did they know that what should've been a short flight would turn into a two-month-long ordeal in Albania trapped behind enemy lines.

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Thumbnail for Shoes Of Every Description Were Worn By These Nurses, Members Of An Air Evac Unit Missing For Two Months, Rescued From Albania After Their Plane Was Forced Down Enroute To Bari. L To R: Lois Watson Of Oaklawn Ill., Lillian J. Tacina Of Detroit, Mich., Pa - Page 1

Thumbnail for A Friendly Handshake Welcomes These 14 Nurses And 17 Men, Members Of The Air Evac Unit Missing For Two Months When Their Plane Was Forced Down In Albania Enroute To Bari From Sicily. - Page 1

Thumbnail for Crew of the British Launch which rescued the 14 Nurses and 17 men, members of an Air Evac Unit missing for two months after their plane has been forced down in Albania. - Page 1

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