FRE 9635

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Lieutenant M.B. Gleis, pilot of the 597th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, leans on a propeller of his B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96125). He would be promoted to Captain after this photograph was taken. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-26B-55-MA; 42-96125; 597BS/397BG; Capt. M.B. Gleis a/c; (Image) Col. James M. Snow.' Lt. Marcel B. Gleis and my father, Lt. Winfred W. Anderson, flew together via the "Southern Route" to England as pilots assigned to the 397th Bomb Group.

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A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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my father, Lt. Winfred W. Anderson

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection