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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...
A ceremony to celebrate the handover of an RAF Airfield into US Army Air Force control. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 22 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '270961.' [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 Candee, Commanding General VIII Air Support command. K

FRE 9786

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9786
  • Description: A ceremony to celebrate the handover of an RAF Airfield into US Army Air Force control. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone press.' [stamp], 'Passed...
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. The aircraft is inspected by personnel on-site. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boxted.'

FRE 10273

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10273
  • 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...
Anna M Zemke, the mother of Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group, 1910. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Anna M. Zemke (my mother) shortly after arriving in the USA, 1910. Maiden name Anna M. Kutter.'

FRE 9895

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9895
  • Description: Anna M Zemke, the mother of Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group, 1910. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Anna M. Zemke (my mother) shortly...
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Major General James Doolittle meet an airman of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Mason Doolittle and ??'

FRE 9781

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9781
  • Description: King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Major General James Doolittle meet an airman of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on...
Lady Ronaldshay passes a cup of tea to Corporal W Sorg of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group atop his F-5 Lightning. Image stamped on reverse: 'Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 3 Aug 1944.' [stamp] and '346292.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Don't hold up the job! A nice cup of tea for Corporal W. Sorg of 767 St. Ann's Avenue, New York City, is handed up by Lady Ronaldshay, who drives a YMCA tea car to this American aerodrome in Britain. Corporal Sorg is serving w

FRE 10072

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10072
  • Description: Lady Ronaldshay passes a cup of tea to Corporal W Sorg of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group atop his F-5 Lightning. Image stamped on reverse...
A 9th Air Force soldier examines an unexploded 1800kg bomb nicknamed "Satan" that landed near Rudloe Manor airbase. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'F451 => Could mean Station 451 = Rudloe Manor used by 9AF.'

FRE 10278

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10278
  • Description: A 9th Air Force soldier examines an unexploded 1800kg bomb nicknamed "Satan" that landed near Rudloe Manor airbase. Handwritten caption on reverse:...
The family of Hubert Zemke, 56th Fighter Group, 1910. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'The Zemke clan in 1910, photo taken at a get together when my father visited from the USA. Back row (L to R): (1) Hubert Zemke - my uncle; (2) unknown name - my aunt; (3) unknown name - her husband; (4) Eberhard Zemke - my uncle, killed in WW1 as an aviator (fighters); (5) Benno Zemke - my father; (6) unknown name - my aunt. Front row (L to R): (7) wife of my Uncle Hubert; (8) Albert Zemke - my grandfather (Govern

FRE 9894

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9894
  • Description: The family of Hubert Zemke, 56th Fighter Group, 1910. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'The Zemke clan in 1910, photo taken at a get together...
Ground personnel sat atop a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Eclispe".

FRE 10073

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10073
  • Description: Ground personnel sat atop an F-5A Lightning (serial 42-12786) nicknamed "Eclipse" assigned to the 22nd Photo Squadron, 7th PRG.
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...