FRE 1718

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American and Russian Air Force officers in an operations room of the 379th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '71665 Russian and American officers confer in operations room of the 379th Bomb Group at an 8th Air Force base in England. 11 February 1944. US Air Force Photo Detachment-5, Hq AAVA (MAC).' Freeman has identified some of the men in the image by writing their names on reverse directly behind them: (left to right) 'Lt Col Kittel' (standing far left), 'Joe Brown CP Bombardier' (standing far left, with dark trousers), 'Co parks.' (seated wicker chair), 'Preston' (seated to left of Russain officer wearing long boots) and 'Rup Rehr' (seated in wicker chair on the right).

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Units

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Revisions

Date:
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to caption and place associations
Sources

FRE 1718

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection