FRE 1012
IMAGEPrivate First Class Laddie William Benes, of the 303rd Bomb Group, prepares to load a bomb into a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238772.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Guiding a bomb safely into position is P.F.C. Laddie William Benes, of Berwyn, Ill. It's a change from being a machinist with the Industrial Gear Manufacturers, Chicago, which was his pre-war job, but he's getting along O.K. His message to the folks back home, incuding his fiancee Miss Blanche Doles, of Culyer Avenue, Berwyn, is: "Keep 'em flying - and what about that mail?"'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment