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A pilot of Groupe De Chasse I/4 of the French Air Force in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-20682) with another French airman. Image stamped on reverse: 'Etablissement Cinématographique et Photographique des Armées (ECPA).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '1945, GC I/4 Navarre (4e Esc).'

FRE 9182

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9182
  • Description: A pilot of Groupe De Chasse I/4 of the French Air Force in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-20682) with another French airman...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (E44, serial number 45-49091). Official caption on image: '139(c-208)(261 IBU)(13 Jun 1945-1415) Crash P-47 D 40 RA # 45-49091-50 MI WSW At AAB- Restricted.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '377th FS, 362nd FG, 9th Air Force.'

FRE 9185

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9185
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (E44, serial number 45-49091). Official caption on image: '139(c-208)(261 IBU)(13 Jun 1945-1415) Crash P-47 D 40 RA # 45-49091-50...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-75087) of the 27th Air Transport Group, 1944. Image via P Gandillet. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-47D-10-RE, 42-75087 Dijon, Sept 1944.'

FRE 9184

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9184
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-75087) of the 27th Air Transport Group, 1944. Image via P Gandillet. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-47D-10-RE...
A battle-damaged tail of a 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (ER-K, serial number 41-31746). Handwritten caption on reverse: '322BG, 450BS.'

FRE 9260

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9260
  • Description: A battle-damaged tail of a 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (ER-K, serial number 41-31746). Handwritten caption on reverse: '322BG...
A B-26 Marauder (ER-K, serial number 41-17943) believed to be the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group aircraft that Lieutenant Clyde H. Larey was piloting when he crashed into Cambridge on the 26th of April 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '117943. ER:K. Crashed Cambridge, 26/4/43. 322BG, 450BS.'

FRE 9259

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9259
  • Description: A B-26 Marauder (ER-K, serial number 41-17943) believed to be the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group aircraft that Lieutenant Clyde H. Larey was...
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17995) nicknamed "Tondelayo" of the 322nd Bomb Group; Colonel Stillman piloted this aircraft as deputy leader of the 322nd Bomb Group's (and the B-26 Marauder's) inaugural raid on IJmuiden on the 14 May 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '322BG. "Tondelayo", in which Col. Stillman flew deputy lead on the Ijmuiden raid 14 May '43.'

FRE 9256

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9256
  • Description: A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17995) nicknamed "Tondelayo" of the 322nd Bomb Group; Colonel Stillman piloted this aircraft as deputy leader of the...
Colonel Stillman briefs the crews of the 322nd Bomb Group on the 14 May 1943; they are about to be sent on the Group's first mission to IJmuiden, Holland. Official caption on image: "(GPR-9-4-42SG)(14-May-43)(First Marauder Raid)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '322BG. Col. Stillman briefing air crews for the first Igmuiden mission, May 14 1943.'

FRE 9255

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9255
  • Description: Colonel Stillman briefs the crews of the 322nd Bomb Group on the 14 May 1943; they are about to be sent on the Group's first mission to IJmuiden...
A map detailing the disastrous second low-level raid on IJmuiden on the 17 May 1943. Intended as a follow-on from the 322nd Bomb Group's and B-26 Marauder's successful inaugural low-level attack on the 14th, the raid resulted in only one of eleven aircraft sent on the raid returning home - as it aborted the mission before crossing the Dutch coast and being intercepted - and all other aircraft and crew were lost. The 322nd Bomb Group were taken off of active duty until the 17th of July that year after this

FRE 9258

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9258
  • Description: A map detailing the disastrous second low-level raid on IJmuiden on the 17 May 1943. Intended as a follow-on from the 322nd Bomb Group's and B-26...
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17996) of the 322nd Bomb Group flown by Major Celio, at Honington, 15 May 1943. Official caption on image: "717 - Hon - 5-15-43 - F - Haad." Handwritten caption on reverse: '117996. DR:U. At Honington after the first Ijmuiden mission, 14 May '43. Flown by Maj. Celio.'

FRE 9257

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9257
  • Description: A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17996) of the 322nd Bomb Group flown by Major Celio, at Honington, 15 May 1943. Official caption on image: "717 -...
An obsolete B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Heaven Can Wait" of the 344th Bomb Group is broken up by a controlled explosion near Landsberg in Germany for salvage. Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Heaven Can Wait", 344 BG.' Printed caption on reverse: '30887 AC - Lines For Salvage No. 4. Thar She Blows:- A G.I. risks flying debris to shoot the blast that breaks up "Heaven Can Wait", a war weary B-26 Marauder being salvaged at Landsberg, Germany by the United States Air Forces in Europe. This explosive method of

FRE 9253

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9253
  • Description: An obsolete B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Heaven Can Wait" of the 344th Bomb Group is broken up by a controlled explosion near Landsberg in Germany for...
An aircraft graveyard of B-26 Marauders in 1945 near Landsberg in Germany, due for destruction to ease salvage of any war materials. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-26 aircraft awaiting destruction at Landsberg, 1945.'

FRE 9254

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9254
  • Description: An aircraft graveyard of B-26 Marauders in 1945 near Landsberg in Germany, due for destruction to ease salvage of any war materials. Handwritten...
The identification plate of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-34718) piloted by Grant A. Seeley that crashed near Drogheda in Ireland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Aircraft ID plate from B-26 flown by Grant A. Seeley. Crashed at Drogheda, Eire.'

FRE 9251

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9251
  • Description: Data plate of B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-34718) nicknamed "Ridge Runner" owned by Corporal Tony Flanagan, after the aircraft made a belly landing...
A .50-calibre machine-gun of the types installed in the nose of a B-26 Marauder. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-26 Nose gun.'

FRE 9252

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9252
  • Description: A .50-calibre machine-gun of the types installed in the nose of a B-26 Marauder. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-26 Nose gun.'
Interior of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50206/KN751) at Cosford.

FRE 9247

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9247
  • Description: Radar operator's position inside B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50206/KN751) at Cosford.
A test B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23650) used to simulate the impact of a nose down crash, 12 July 1945.

FRE 9246

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9246
  • Description: A test B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23650) used to simulate the impact of a nose down crash, 12 July 1945.
B-24 Liberators in construction at the Ford factory at Willow Run.

FRE 9245

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9245
  • Description: B-24 Liberators in construction at the Ford factory at Willow Run.
C-87 Liberator Expresses, variant B-24 Liberators, under construction at the Ford factory at Willow Run. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C-87 in Production.'

FRE 9244

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9244
  • Description: C-87 Liberator Expresses, variant B-24 Liberators, under construction at the Ford factory at Willow Run. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C-87 in...
A railway line near Hasselt, Brussels, after being bombed by B-26 Maruaders of the 9th Air Force, 10 April 1944. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9th Air Force, Hasselt, 40 miles east of Brussels. 10 Apr 1944.' Printed caption on reverse: 'PRO-HQ-44-499 United States Army Air Forces Official Photo Distributed Through OWI. A U.S. Ninth Air Force Bomber Station, England: The destruction caused on this Nazi supply junction railway yards at Hasselt by B-26 Marauders of the

FRE 9250

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9250
  • Description: A railway line near Hasselt, Brussels, after being bombed by B-26 Maruaders of the 9th Air Force, 10 April 1944. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944...
A railway line near Hasselt, Brussels, bombed by B-26 Maruaders of the 9th Air Force, 10 April 1944. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9th Air Force, Hasselt, 40 miles east of Brussels. 10 Apr 1944.' Printed caption on reverse: 'PRO-HQ-44-499B United States Army Air Forces Official Photo Distributed Through OWI. A U.S. Ninth Air Force Bomber Station, England: No Easter parade of Nazi war supplies through this railroad junction! The first formation of Ninth Air Force B-26

FRE 9249

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9249
  • Description: A railway line near Hasselt, Brussels, bombed by B-26 Maruaders of the 9th Air Force, 10 April 1944. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944. Handwritten...
A railway line near Hasselt, Brussels, before being bombed by B-26 Maruaders of the 9th Air Force, 10 April 1944. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9th Air Force, Hasselt, 40 miles east of Brussels. 10 Apr 1944.' Printed caption on reverse: 'PRO-HQ-44-499A United States Army Air Forces Official Photo Distributed Through OWI. A U.S. Ninth Air Force Bomber Station, England: Seconds before Marauder bombs fell on the important railway marshalling yards at Hasselt, 40 miles e

FRE 9248

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9248
  • Description: A railway line near Hasselt, Brussels, before being bombed by B-26 Maruaders of the 9th Air Force, 10 April 1944. Passed for publication 13 Apr 1944...