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Second Lieutenant Florence E. Twidale (left) and Second Lieutenant Hilda R. Burgess (right) check medical equipement in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30704), nicknamed "Dinah-Mite", of the 305th Bomb Group. November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L: 2/Lt Florence E Twidale, R: 2/Lt Hilda R Burgess- First aid eqpt. 305BG 22/11/43.'
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 15/7/43; Geiger 10/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-M] Chelveston 18/9/43, undersides painted black for night operations; suffered severe battle damaged on leaflet drop over France/Belgium 15/5/44 with ? , ?????????...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 September 2014 15:18:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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