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The right wing and undercarriage of a P-51 Mustang. Passed for publication 12 Aug 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'North American Mustang.' Censor no: 215261. On reverse: The Aeroplane and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

FRE 10279

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10279
  • Description: The right wing and undercarriage of a P-51 Mustang. Passed for publication 12 Aug 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'North American Mustang.' Censor...
A painting depicting Colonel Hubert Zemke, Lietuenant Francis Gabreski, Captain Robert "Bob" Johson and Captain Walker M. Mahurin, fighter aces of the 56th Fighter Group. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Army Air Corps oil painting of Spring 1944 by Maj. Charles Baskerville. Lt.Col. David C. Schilling's portrait was also to be placed in the painting but was absent at the time of sittings, home in the Zone(?) of Interior on Rest and Recuperation. Baskerville could never catch up with Schilling in the

FRE 9897

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9897
  • Description: A painting depicting Colonel Hubert Zemke, Lietuenant Francis Gabreski, Captain Robert "Bob" Johson and Captain Walker M. Mahurin, fighter aces of the...
Brigadier General Robert C Candee shakes hands with Air Vice Marshal JH D'Albiac on the transfer of an RAF base into US Army Air Force hands. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 22 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '271078.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'TRANSFER OF RAF AIRFIELD TO US ARMY AIR FORCE. 22-6-43, A formal ceremony was held today when Air Vice Marshall JH D'Albiac CB. DSO. of RAF Fighter Command, handed over an RAF Airfield to Brigadier General Robert C

FRE 9783

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9783
  • Description: Brigadier General Robert C Candee shakes hands with Air Vice Marshal JH D'Albiac on the transfer of an RAF base into US Army Air Force hands. Image...
A formation of 95th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses comes under attack while flying over Bremen. Handwritten caption on reverse: '95BG under attack.' Printed caption on reverse: '25935 AC - Air Battle over Bremen, Germany. A,B,C,D,E&F. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

FRE 10276

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10276
  • Description: A formation of 95th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses comes under attack while flying over Bremen. Handwritten caption on reverse: '95BG under attack...
Hubert Zemke, later Commander of the 56th Fighter Group, with his Parents Benno and Anna, 1918 Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'The family Zemke in 1918 at the end of WW1. At that time I was four years old. Mother had just made the Mao Tse Tung suit for me. Though the harsh wool caused a lot of scratching, I thought it to be the "cats meow" against the cold Montana winters. The part in my hair did not come easy. It took many years of training to finally get it to stay. In those days my hair was alwa

FRE 9896

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9896
  • Description: Hubert Zemke, later Commander of the 56th Fighter Group, with his Parents Benno and Anna, 1918 Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'The family Zemke...
Brigadier General Robert C Candee shakes hands with Air Vice Marshal JH D'Albiac on the transfer of an RAF base into US Army Air Force hands. Image stamped on reverse: 'Sport and General.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 22 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '271016.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US AIR FORCE TAKES OVER RAF STATION. An RAF fighter command station was formally turned over to the US Army Air Forces today, somewhere in England. 26456 Brig Gen Robert C Candee, Commanding General 8th Air For

FRE 9782

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9782
  • Description: Brigadier General Robert C Candee shakes hands with Air Vice Marshal JH D'Albiac on the transfer of an RAF base into US Army Air Force hands. Image...
Lieutenant Herb Forman of the 370th Fighter Group at Andover. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt Herb Forman- KIA, looking West at Andover Field.'

FRE 10071

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10071
  • Description: Lieutenant Herb Forman of the 370th Fighter Group at Andover. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt Herb Forman- KIA, looking West at Andover Field...
A 354th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang (circled) pulls up from a low altitude engagement as the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf110 the pilot attacked explodes behind him (fireball circled in white). Official caption on image: "A-51460 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gun camera film showing 354FG P-51 despatching Me110[sic!]. Feb 1944.'

FRE 10277

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10277
  • Description: A 354th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang (circled) pulls up from a low altitude engagement as the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf110 the pilot attacked explodes...
English cottages, photographed by an airman of the US Army Air Force.

FRE 10668

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10668
  • Description: English cottages, photographed by an airman of the US Army Air Force.
Colonel Hubert Zemke and Captain Walker Mahurin, formerly of the 56th Fighter Group, discuss tactics with Oberst Walther Krupinski and Oberst Eric Hartmann of the German Air Force, 1963. Zemka has handwritten on the reverse: 'Zemke discussing tactics of the P-47 against the Luftwaffe with members of the new German Air Force, 1963. L to R: (1) Oberst Walther Krupinski; (2) Zemke, 56th Fighter Group; (3) Walker Bud Mahurin; (4) Oberst Eric Hartmann. This picture appeared in the Spanish periodical "YQ" Notic

FRE 9898

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9898
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke and Captain Walker Mahurin, formerly of the 56th Fighter Group, discuss tactics with Oberst Walther Krupinski and Oberst Eric...
A P-38 Lightning with a droop snoot at Horsham St Faith. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Droop Snoot, Mar 45, Horsham.'

FRE 10077

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10077
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning with a droop snoot at Horsham St Faith. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Droop Snoot, Mar 45, Horsham.'
An airman of the 466th Bomb Group on his bike near a thatched cottage in Bungay. Image via George Parker. Written on slide casing: 'Near Bungay.'

FRE 10667

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10667
  • Description: An airman of the 466th Bomb Group on his bike near a thatched cottage in Bungay. Image via George Parker. Written on slide casing: 'Near Bungay.'...
A caulk erected by Colonel Hubert Zemke for pilots of the 56th Fighter Group to discuss tactics. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'A caulk board discussion to pilots in the open at Horsham St. Faith (Norwich, England) following a mission. Zemke held many of these to explain the tactics he wanted each pilot to perform in executing various tactics. The word was always - "I don't have time to tell you what to do in combat but this you know while on the ground".'

FRE 9899

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9899
  • Description: A caulk erected by Colonel Hubert Zemke for pilots of the 56th Fighter Group to discuss tactics. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'A caulk board...
Ground personnel of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with an F-5 Lightning (serial number 42-13289) nicknamed "Zola". Handwritten caption on reverse: '7PG, 443.'

FRE 10076

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10076
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with an F-5 Lightning (serial number 42-13289) nicknamed "Zola". Handwritten caption on...
Cambridge city centre, photographed by an airman of the 466th Bomb Group. Image via George Parker. Written on slide casing: 'Cambridge.'

FRE 10666

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10666
  • Description: Cambridge city centre, photographed by an airman of the 466th Bomb Group. Taken outside Trinity College, looking down Trinity Street towards Market...
An ME 109 sufferes a direct hit from the aircraft of Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Gun camera image. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: ' Picture # 3 Though I was never able to confirm his crash before being heavily engaged by other Me109s, a parachute was seen and from the intensity of the explosion on the Me109 a confirmed victory was awarded. As I often said to the troops "They're easy once you hit them with a concentrated burst"..'

FRE 9900

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9900
  • Description: An ME 109 sufferes a direct hit from the aircraft of Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Gun camera image. Zemke has handwritten on the...
An airman of the 364th Fighter Group atop a shark mouth P-38 Lightning (050).

FRE 10075

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10075
  • Description: An airman atop a shark mouth P-38J-10-LO, s/n 42-68050, coded 5E-O of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group.
A Church in Rickinghall, Norfolk, photographed by an airman of the US Army Air Force. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rickinghall.'

FRE 10665

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10665
  • Description: A Church in Rickinghall, Norfolk, photographed by an airman of the US Army Air Force. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rickinghall...
A pilot and a ground crewman of the 370th Fighter Group with their P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Texas Jewell II". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Probably 370 FG.'

FRE 10074

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10074
  • Description: Fred Laurentz and a ground crewman of the 370th Fighter Group with their P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Texas Jewell II". Handwritten caption on reverse:...
Major General James Doolittle awards Lieutenant Colonel Elliot Roosevelt, 15th Air Force, the Distinguished Flying Cross. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 4 Jan 1943.' [stamp], '241567.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'ROOSEVELT'S SON AWARDED DFC. Lt Col Elliot Roosevelt of US Army Air Force was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Maj Gen Jas J Doolittle, US Air Chief in Tunisia. He participated in long flights over Artic and Equatorial waters he

FRE 9788

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9788
  • Description: Major General James Doolittle awards Lieutenant Colonel Elliot Roosevelt, 15th Air Force, the Distinguished Flying Cross. Image stamped on reverse:...