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IWM catalogue record

This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.

A mural of the 8th Air Force insignia, painted onto a wall at Bottisham, home of the 361st Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bottisham.'

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Units

  • 8th Air Force

    8th Air Force

    Command

  • 361st Fighter Group

    361st Fighter Group

    Group
    The 361st Fighter Group was the last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The...

Locations

  • Bottisham

    Military site : airfield
    The P-47 Thunderbolts of the 361st Fighter Group damaged the surfaces of the airfield so much in the first months of flying from Bottisham that American engineers were called in to lay a new runway. In January 1944 they constructed a 1,470-yard-long...

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Collection name
Roger Freeman Collection
Object number
FRE 3336

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
08 September 2014 15:26:42 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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