FRE 3854

IMAGE

By downloading this image, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions

Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and a crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. Jefferson D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. Charles H. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Fred L. Anderson; Col. John G. Moore, co-pilot, Los Animas, Col.; Capt. Kenneth S. Steele, pilot, Santa Rosa, Calif.; Capt. John F. Watters, Group Bombardier, Slema, Ala.; 1st Lt. Robert Schaefer, Navigator, Minn. Front row, left to right: S/Sgt. Earl L. Porath, waist gunner, Naleigh, Neb.; S/Sgt. Eino Asiala, tail gunner, Freda, Mich.; S/Sgt. Richard H. Lewis, waist gunner, Chicago, Ill.; and 1st Lt. Martin V. Stanford, bombardier, Kokomo, Ind. U.S. Air Force Photo.' Handwritten on reverse: '19/5/43.'

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units

People

Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Assistant Operations Officer

Aircraft

Locations

Revisions

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and place associations
Sources

Made caption more legible.

Date:
ContributorBen1705
ChangesChanges to person associations
Sources

All people found in caption

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and person associations
Sources

Connected up to the airmen's records.

Date:
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

Completed names; corrected Asiala's last name

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection