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A gunner aboard a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress parked at Chelveston airbase mans the radio-room machine-gun position.

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A gunner aboard a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress parked at Chelveston airbase mans the radio-room machine-gun position.

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Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 2 Feb 2015 10:00:16

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection