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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40722) nicknamed "The Little Gramper" of the 491st Bomb Group, used as a flight assembly ship. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491BG Monitor, The Little Gramper.'

FRE 8582

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8582
  • Description: A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40722) nicknamed "The Little Gramper" of the 491st Bomb Group, used as a flight assembly ship. Handwritten caption...
An 854th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (6X-P) flying above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: '8. Ted Parker.'

FRE 8581

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8581
  • Description: An 854th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (6X-P) flying above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: '8. Ted Parker.'
A 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50793) that crashed in a snowy area on the 5 January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/1/45, 491BG.'

FRE 8588

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8588
  • Description: A 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50793) that crashed in a snowy area on the 5 January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/1/45...
B-24 Liberators of the 491st Bomb Group fly in formation with a flight assembly ship (serial number 42-40722) nicknamed "The Little Gramper". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Lil Gramper", First Forming Ship, 491st BG.'

FRE 8587

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8587
  • Description: B-24 Liberators of the 491st Bomb Group fly in formation with a flight assembly ship (serial number 42-40722) nicknamed "The Little Gramper"...
A B-24 Liberator of the 491st Bomb Group after crash landing in Holland, 18 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland. 9/18/44.'

FRE 8586

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8586
  • Description: A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40210) of the 491st Bomb Group crashing in Holland on 18 September 1944 during a supply mission as part of...
Ted Parker, a waist gunner of a 855th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) by the aircraft after it crash-landed near Florrenes in Belgium on the 17th of October 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'X+ Murff. 855th Sq., 491st BG. #250757. Florrenes, Belgium, Oct. 17, 1944. Ted Parker, Waist Gunner.'

FRE 8585

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8585
  • Description: Ted Parker, a waist gunner of a 855th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) by the aircraft after it crash...
An 852nd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24J Liberator (3Q-P, serial number 44-40230) that crash-landed on New Year's Day 1945. Official caption on image: "(GAD-31-3-49)(1-1-45)(Crash Land)(A/C 230)(B-24J)."

FRE 8589

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8589
  • Description: An 852nd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24J Liberator (3Q-P, serial number 44-40230) that crash-landed on New Year's Day 1945. Official caption on...
An 855th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) after it crash-landed near Florrenes in Belgium on the 17th of October 1944. The aircraft was critically damaged by flak over Cologne. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'X+ Murff. 855th Sq., 491st BG. #250757. Florrenes, Belgium. Flak damage over Cologne Oct. 17, 1944 caused this result from emergency landing. Nose wheel collapsed and was standing on nose. This shot shows ship after it had been levelled. Ted Parker, Wais

FRE 8590

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8590
  • Description: An 855th Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (V2-X+, serial number 42-50757) after it crash-landed near Florrenes in Belgium on the 17th of...
Ground personnel of the 58th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 43-25463).

FRE 9156

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9156
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 58th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 43-25463).
A P-47 Thunderbolt that has crash landed.

FRE 9157

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9157
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt that has crash landed.
The undercarriage of a P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'The Aeroplane.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 26 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317521.' [Censor no.]

FRE 9158

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9158
  • Description: The undercarriage of a P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'The Aeroplane.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 26 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317521...
The undercarriage of a P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'The Aeroplane.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 26 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317520.' [Censor no.]

FRE 9159

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9159
  • Description: The undercarriage of a P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'The Aeroplane.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 26 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317520...
Lieutenant Bob Walker watches Captain "Stormy" Sadowski of the 56th Fighter Group give a weather report to pilots landing at Boxted. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Bob Walker, pilot in 61st Fighter Squadron not flying that day, looks on while "Stormy" Sadowski contacts leader of 56th Fighter Group over the radio to warn that "Oranges are sown", which was a code that weather conditions were too bad to attempt a landing at the airfield of Boxted.'

FRE 2568

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2568
  • Description: Lieutenant Bob Walker watches Captain "Stormy" Sadowski of the 56th Fighter Group give a weather report to pilots landing at Boxted. Handwritten...
The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group. Official caption on image: "33SG-4G110-3-P47-Crash Damage."

FRE 2565

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2565
  • Description: The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group. Official caption on image: "33SG-4G110-3-P47-Crash Damage."
A pilot of the 56th Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Lucky".

FRE 2566

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2566
  • Description: A pilot of the 56th Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Lucky".
German personnel inspect a crashed P-47D Thunderbolt (UN-O, serial number 42-74722) of the 56th Fighter Group, flown by First Lieutenant O'Connor, near Goesfeld, 11 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '11/11/43. O'Connor's P-47. Hans . Claimed by flak.'

FRE 2571

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2571
  • Description: German personnel inspect a crashed P-47D Thunderbolt (UN-O, serial number 42-74722) of the 56th Fighter Group, flown by First Lieutenant O'Connor...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-21175) commemorating the service of Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group and 479th Fighter Group, on display at the Eiffel Tower, 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'June 1945 - P-47H under the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.'

FRE 2572

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2572
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-21175) commemorating the service of Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group and 479th Fighter Group, on...
Captain "Stormy" Sadowski, a weather officer of the 56th Fighter Group in his quarters at Halesworth, February 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo was taken in Feb 1944 in England. Notice the photo on the mantelpiece. My bedroom at Halesworth, Suffolk, October 19 1943 to April 19 1944.'

FRE 2569

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2569
  • Description: Captain "Stormy" Sadowski, a weather officer of the 56th Fighter Group in his quarters at Halesworth, February 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse:...
Captain "Stormy" Sandowski a weather officer of the 56th Fighter Group studying a map, April 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'April 1945, near Colchester, East England. Action photo of studying the weather for the morning's briefing. The map on which I am working is visible.'

FRE 2570

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2570
  • Description: Captain "Stormy" Sandowski a weather officer of the 56th Fighter Group studying a map, April 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'April 1945, near...
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group take off in tandem at Boxted, 17 January 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56 P-47 T/O Boxted.'

FRE 2573

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2573
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group take off in tandem at Boxted, 17 January 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56 P-47 T/O Boxted.'