FRE 3999

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The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 458th Bomb Group that has crash landed in Norwich. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 22 Sept 1944.' [stamp], '361026.' [Censor no.] Handwritten press caption on reverse: 'Evening News 22/9/44. American Liberator crash at Norwich. Damage to house in Hastings Avenue. GRE 229441.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '458 BG? T/O 20/9/44.'

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection