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Staff Sergeant James L. Stafford, tail gunner of the 305th Bomb Group, from Cisco, Texas, standing in the centre, shows his girlfriend's freshman school cap, which he wore as a good-luck charm on raids under his steel helmet. With him from left to right are Staff Sergeant Gerald W. Brookman, from Wichita Falls, Texas; Staff Sergeant B.B. Cropp, from Justin, Texas; and Technical Sergeant Lyle F. Horton, from Morganstown, West Virginia. Passed as censored 21 Apr 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'No. 13. Ph

FRE 10461

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10461
  • Description: Staff Sergeant James L. Stafford, tail gunner of the 305th Bomb Group, from Cisco, Texas, standing in the centre, shows his girlfriend's freshman...
Staff Sergeant James L. Stafford, tail gunner, cleans the twin .50 calibre machine-guns in the tail turret of his 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-Y, serial number 42-29555). Passed for publication 21 Apr 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'JJ-Y, 305BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'No. 11. Photo Shows: S/Sergt. James L. Stafford from Cisco, Texas, the tail gunner cleans his guns. He is credited with three Nazis.' Censor no: 259779. On reverse: Planet News Ltd., US Army Pr

FRE 10462

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10462
  • Description: Staff Sergeant James L. Stafford, tail gunner, cleans the twin .50 calibre machine-guns in the tail turret of his 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb...
The left wing and undercarriage of a P-51 Mustang. Passed for publication 28 Jul 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'Flight Photograph No. Mus. 4. The inward-retracted undercarriage. Before the wheels can lie in their recesses in the wing the cowling opens in [order for the] wheel can[sic] pass. In this view the air [-to-air] inducted radiator under the body is also apparent.' Censor no: 212571. On reverse: FLIGHT, Approved for Issue, and (x2) US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

FRE 10280

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10280
  • Description: The left wing and undercarriage of a P-51 Mustang. Passed for publication 28 Jul 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'Flight Photograph No. Mus. 4. The...
A B-17G Flying Fortress at Dübendorf airbase in Switzerland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G at Dübendorf. Official Swiss Photo.'

FRE 10465

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10465
  • Description: A B-17G Flying Fortress at Dübendorf airbase in Switzerland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G at Dübendorf. Official Swiss Photo.'
Six of the crew of a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress that shot down eleven Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf 190's in a single raid before being shot down themselves, and survived thirty hours at sea before being rescued by a Royal Navy ship. Passed for publication 2 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'One Flying Fortress Destroyed Eleven Fw.190's. They shot these enemy planes down before being shot down themselves after a raid on Germany and were rescued from the sea by a British Ship after thirty hours on t

FRE 10466

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10466
  • Description: Six of the crew of a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress that shot down eleven Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf 190's in a single raid before being shot down...
A 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-V, serial number 42-97532) parked at Chelveston airbase on the 26th of April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Sal 26/4/44. 2 SAD.'

FRE 10463

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10463
  • Description: A 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-V, serial number 42-97532) parked at Chelveston airbase on the 26th of April 1944...
A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Homesick Angel" of the 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '305th.'

FRE 10464

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10464
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Homesick Angel" of the 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '305th.'
Flying Nurses Second Lieutenant Florence E. Twidale and Second Lieutenant Hilda R. Burgess attend to an airman of the 305th Bomb Group outside a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 22 Nov 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Flight Nurses. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Left 2nd Lt. Florence E. Twidale, 26, of Casper, Wyoming, has 150 flying hours to her credit. Right 2nd Lt. Hilda R. Burgess, 28, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, Conn., has 95 flying hours to her credit is seen attending a patient

FRE 10469

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10469
  • Description: Flying Nurses Second Lieutenant Florence E. Twidale and Second Lieutenant Hilda R. Burgess attend to an airman of the 305th Bomb Group outside a B-17...
Officer's Pay Data card for Colonel Hubert Zemke, 56th Fighter Group, for nine years service. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Hubert Zemke's Pay Data Card July 1945. At the end of WW2 here was my pay as a Temporary Full Colonel, US Army Air Corps, 10 July 1945. Thank goodness I received flying pay, $208.33, or things could have been tight, $250 per month had been allotted home to my wife plus $75 Class B Allottment to savings. Now a local janitor gets as much and wants a raise.'

FRE 9891

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9891
  • Description: Officer's Pay Data card for Colonel Hubert Zemke, 56th Fighter Group, for nine years service. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Hubert Zemke's...
The Duchess of Kent and General D Hunter at a plaque presentation ceremony for the 4th Fighter Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 25 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '271390.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'DUCHESS OF KENT PRESENTS PLAQUES TO FORMER EAGLE SQUADRON PILOTS. HRH The Duchess of Kent visited a US Army Air Force Station and presented plaques bearing the Eagle Squadron Insignia to men who served in the Eagle Squadrons of the RAF prior to the entr

FRE 9785

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9785
  • Description: The Duchess of Kent and General Frank Hunter at a plaque presentation ceremony for the 4th Fighter Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.'...
A US airman with a captured Focke-Wulf 190 at Boxted. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boxted.'

FRE 10274

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10274
  • Description: A US airman with a captured Focke-Wulf 190 at Boxted. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boxted.'
Captain Karl Bergener, a flight surgeon for one of the Bomb Squadrons of the 305th Bomb Group, by the engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 22 Nov 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Capt. Karl Bergener, Flight Surgeon. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Capt. Karl Bergener of Dubuque, Iowa, a squadron flight surgeon at a U.S. Bomber base who has made 4 missions to find out all about the conditions pilots have to go through when flying. These missions have enabled him to understand some diff

FRE 10470

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10470
  • Description: Captain Karl Bergener, a flight surgeon for one of the Bomb Squadrons of the 305th Bomb Group, by the engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for...
A bomber crew of the 351st Bomb Group, including Hollywood Actor Clark Gable, with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Duchess". Image stamped on reverse: 'International News photos.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 25 Sep 1943.' [stamp] and '285399.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'DS pictured standing in front of the Flying Fortress "Duchess" after the successful US 8th Air Force (ETO) raid on Nantes (France) the morning of September 23rd are back row, L to R: Lt James O Bradley, Cincinatti

FRE 9784

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9784
  • Description: A bomber crew of the 351st Bomb Group, including Hollywood Actor Clark Gable, with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Duchess". Image stamped on...
A composite of six photographic stills from the gun camera aboard Captain Alvin M. Juchheim's (from 737 College Street, Grenada, Missouri) P-47 Thunderbolt of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. Viewed in order from top left to bottom left, then top right to bottom right, the first three show Captain Juchheim closing in on a Focke Wulf 190 on the 30th of April 1944 to engage it. The fourth image shows the root of the Focke-Wulf's left wing beginning to burn after taking hits, and the fifth and

FRE 10275

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10275
  • Description: A composite of six photographic stills from the gun camera aboard Captain Alvin M. Juchheim's (from 737 College Street, Grenada, Missouri) P-47...
Colonel Curtis LeMay congratulates a bomber crew 305th Bomb Group in front of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed as censored 2 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'One Flying Fortress Destroyed Eleven Fw.190's. O.P.S. On right Col. Curtis LeMay a Combat Wing Commanding Officer [obscured] is seen congratulating members of the crew, they are left to right: Sergeant's Adrian, Buchanan, Warminski, Gray, Barberis, Lieut's McCallum and Smith. 2/6/43. They shot these enemy planes down before being shot down th

FRE 10467

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10467
  • Description: Colonel Curtis LeMay congratulates a bomber crew 305th Bomb Group in front of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed as censored 2 Jun 1943. Printed...
Benno Thomas Zemke, father of Fighter Ace Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group, with friends during a hunting trip. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Before 1910. My father (4th from left) and his hunting cronies on a Montana deer hunting trip in the wild Swan River country. It took three days by horse and buggie to reach the remote area then, now an hour on a paved road. The limit then was five deer per individual. No limit on bear, cougar coyotes or wolves. Note the German ceremonial forestry swo

FRE 9893

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9893
  • Description: Benno Thomas Zemke, father of Fighter Ace Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group, with friends during a hunting trip. Zemke has handwritten on the...
Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary during a visit to a US Army Air Force station. Image stamped on reverse: 'Photographic News Agencies Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 25 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '271599.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS USAAF. Mr Anthony Eden today visited a USAAF station "somwehere in England". During his visit he inspected the crews, chatted with pilots and sat at the controls of one of the Liberator bombers. Picture shows: Mr Eden, with Station off

FRE 9787

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9787
  • Description: Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary during a visit to a US Army Air Force station. Image stamped on reverse: 'Photographic News Agencies Ltd.' [stamp],...
A Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf 190 captured by the RAF and painted in their colours is displayed at Boxted airbase, home to multiple USAAF Groups during the war. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boxted. Captured Fw190.'

FRE 10272

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10272
  • Description: A Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf 190 captured by the RAF and painted in their colours is displayed at Boxted airbase, home to multiple USAAF Groups during the...
A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group visit their injured colleague Captain W D Whitson. Passed for publication 2 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse is damaged: '...of a Fortress Crew gathered round the bedside of Captain W.D. Whitson, their pilot who is recoving from wounds received after a raid on Helgoland on May 15th. The nose of the machine was blown off by enemy fire, both pilots wounded, the navigator was killed, several members of the crew were wounded ...they shot down between them 8 enemy mach

FRE 10468

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10468
  • Description: A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group visit their injured colleague Captain W D Whitson. Passed for publication 2 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse...
Benno Thomas Zemke, father of fighter Ace Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'My father, Benno Thomas Zemke, dressed in his Sunday best in 1908 - Missaula, Montana. At that time he was a batchelor working as a locomotive fireman on the Northern Pacific RR. As an avid outdoors man and hunter he loved the rugged, wild environment of Western Montana.'

FRE 9892

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9892
  • Description: Benno Thomas Zemke, father of fighter Ace Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'My father, Benno Thomas Zemke...