Why yes sir, he did. Not sure if it was with the 97th but he went from Oran, on Africa's north coast, over to Italy...possibly to Foggia. I can't say for sure...he passed back in 1986, so its' been a while since I last heard him talk of it. Those photos could very well be from there. We have a box full of photos like that, mostly nose art, he made with a pinhole camera he made over there. Unfortunately, nothing of time or place was written on the backs of them. Here's a few more.Interesting pictures of a photo P-38/F-4-5 and a B-25. The area around the B-17G doesn't look like North Africa. Did your Dad move on to Italy with the 97th Bomb Group.
I don't think G models flew out of Africa.
My Dad flew out of Foggia Italy with the 97th Bomb Group. He also flew in B-29s during Korea and B-36s after flying in Korea.