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A P-51 Mustang (B7-U, serial number 44-15036) of the 361st Fighter Group flies alongside a T-6 Texan on a training flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '415036, B7-U.'

FRE 514

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 514
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (B7-U, serial number 44-15036) of the 361st Fighter Group flies alongside an A-31 Vengeance on a training flight. Handwritten caption...
Armourers of the 361st Fighter Group clean the guns of P-51 Mustangs. British Offical Photograph

FRE 528

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 528
  • Description: Armourers of the 361st Fighter Group clean the guns of P-51 Mustangs. British Offical Photograph
Captain Thomas P. Smith of the 370th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group practices archery at East Wretham. Printed Caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos Source: T.P. Smith, via Char Baldridge, Historian Description: #2 T.P. Smith practicing archery.'

FRE 531

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 531
  • Description: Captain Thomas P. Smith of the 370th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group practices archery at East Wretham. Printed Caption on reverse: '359th FG...
Ground crew of the 361st Fighter Group refuel a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lady Luck 376th, Bud Deaton Standing.'

FRE 524

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 524
  • Description: Ground crew of the 361st Fighter Group refuel a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lady Luck 376th, Bud Deaton Standing.'
The control tower of the 361st Fighter Group at Little Walden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Control Tower at Little Walden, Essex. 361, J.P. Smith.'

FRE 526

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 526
  • Description: The control tower of the 361st Fighter Group at Little Walden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Control Tower at Little Walden, Essex. 361, J.P. Smith...
P-51 Mustangs (E2-C, serial number 44-13410) nicknamed "Lou IV (Athelene)", (E2-A, serial number 44-13568) nicknamed "Sky Bouncer", (E2-S, serial number 44-13926) and (E2-H, serial number 42-106811) nicknamed "Suzie G" of the 361st Fighter Group fly in formation above the clouds.

FRE 527

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 527
  • Description: P-51 Mustangs (E2-C, serial number 44-13410) nicknamed "Lou IV (Athelene)", (E2-A, serial number 44-13568) nicknamed "Sky Bouncer", (E2-S, serial...
Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, during his return to the United States between August 1944 and October 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '28699 A.C. - Major George Preddy, 8th Air Force Ace with 23 and a half planes to his credit. Taken at Press Conference in Pentagon Building.'

FRE 346

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 346
  • Description: Major George E. Preddy Jr. of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, during his return to the United States between August 1944 and October...
Fighter aircraft, possibly a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 352nd Fighter Group, flying ahead of a bomber, possibly a B-24 Liberator.

FRE 347

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 347
  • Description: Fighter aircraft, possibly a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 352nd Fighter Group, flying ahead of an ME 110 carry two fuel tanks.
A pilot and two ground crew sit in the cockpit of, or on the wing of, a P-47 Thunderbolt belonging to the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. N.d.

FRE 253

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 253
  • Description: A pilot and two ground crew sit in the cockpit of, or on the wing of, a P-47 Thunderbolt belonging to the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. N...
After his last mission, pilot Lieutenant Robert C. Cherry stands beside Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Edmund R. Namowicz. They are standing in front of their P-47 Thunderbolt, known as "The Eradicator", at Boxted air base. Both men are part of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. 3 August 1944.

FRE 247

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 247
  • Description: After his last mission, pilot Lieutenant Robert C. Cherry stands beside Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Edmund R. Namowicz. They are standing in front of...
Pilots of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, grouped around a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. The Group were stationed there between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

FRE 246

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 246
  • Description: Pilots of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, grouped around a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. The Group were stationed there between...
Left to right: Major Francis S. Gabreski and Steve N. Gerick. Both are pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

FRE 245

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 245
  • Description: Left to right: Major Francis S. Gabreski and Steve N. Gerick. Both are pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
Ground crew of the 56th Fighter Group work on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. February 1945.

FRE 244

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 244
  • Description: Ground crew of the 56th Fighter Group work on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. February 1945.
Ground crew of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, test the radio equipment of P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-S, serial number 42-28382), known as "Ole Cock III", at Boxted air base. November 1944.

FRE 242

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 242
  • Description: Ground crew of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, test the radio equipment of P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-S, serial number 42-28382), known as...
Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group mark up the route to be taken by P-47 Thunderbolt fighters escorting B-17 Flying Fortresses on a bombing mission to Hamburg. This map was pinned up in the briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at Boxted air base where the Group were stationed between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

FRE 243

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 243
  • Description: Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group mark up the route to be taken by P-47 Thunderbolt fighters escorting B-17 Flying Fortresses on a bombing mission...
Briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at one of the air bases they were stationed at in England. N.d.

FRE 241

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 241
  • Description: Briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at one of the air bases they were stationed at in England. N.d.
Four ground crew demonstrate the different jobs that an aircraft's ground crew had to perform. One stands in the cockpit with radio equipment, another rubs down the barrels of one of the machine guns, another peers at the edge of the engine cowling and the fourth kneels beside the fuel drop tank. This was probably taken at Halesworth (Holton) air base where the 56th Fighter Group were based between 8 July 1943 and 18 April 1944. The P-47 Thunderbolt is one of the 61st Fighter Squadron's, marked with the c

FRE 254

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 254
  • Description: Four ground crew demonstrate the different jobs that an aircraft's ground crew had to perform. One stands in the cockpit with radio equipment, another...
Ground crew members stands beside P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. This aircraft (UN-P, 42-25721) was lost on 6 July 1944 and its pilot, Second Lieutenant Samuel J. Lowman Jr, was killed in action. See Missing Air Crew Report 6700. Passed for publication 30 Jan 1945.

FRE 234

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 234
  • Description: Ground crew members stands beside P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. This aircraft (UN-P, 42-25721...
Lieutenant Albert P. "Pat" Knafelz and Crew Chief Boehler of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with their P-47 Thunderbolt. N.d.

FRE 235

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 235
  • Description: Lieutenant Albert P. "Pat" Knafelz and Crew Chief Boehler of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with their P-47 Thunderbolt. N.d.
No. 2 Hangar at Boxted air base where the 56th Fighter Group were based between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

FRE 240

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 240
  • Description: No. 2 Hangar at Boxted air base where the 56th Fighter Group were based between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.