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A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-64051) nicknamed "Little Sweetie 4"of the of the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group at Leiston.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3194
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-64051) nicknamed "Little Sweetie 4"of the of the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group at Leiston.
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group take off in tandem at Boxted, 17 July 1944. Passed for publication 17 Jul 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '63rd FS P-47s t/o to SW on Boxted r/w. Viewed from near No. 2 hangar. Date stamped 17/7/44. GLE 269806.' On reverse: Associated Press and SHAEF Field Press Censor [Stamps].
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2490
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group take off in tandem at Boxted, 17 July 1944. Passed for publication 17 Jul 1944. Handwritten caption on...
P-51 Mustangs of the 357th Fighter Group fly in formation.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3193
  • Description: P-51 Mustangs of the 357th Fighter Group fly in formation.
Captain George R. "Doc" Hornig, flight-surgeon of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Passed for publication 29 Nov 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon Is Combination Family Physician, Foster-Father And Chaplain. One of the "ace" flight-surgeons in the European Theatre of Operations is Captain George R. Hornig, 32 of Glen Head, Long Island, New York, a combination family physician, foster-father and chaplain to the pilots, he "looks after" the men who fly the single-engined
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2484
  • Description: Captain George R. "Doc" Hornig, flight-surgeon of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Passed for publication 29 Nov 1943. Printed caption...
Captain George R. "Doc" Hornig, flight-surgeon of the 56th Fighter Group prepares medicine at Halesworth, 29 November 1943. Passed for publication 29 Nov 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon Is Combination Family Physician, Foster-Father And Chaplain. Associated Press Photo Shows:- "Doc" Hornig mixes one of his "cocktail specials" in his laboratory. WOR 262783. 29-11-43-Y.' On reverse: Associated Press and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2485
  • Description: Captain George R. "Doc" Hornig, flight-surgeon of the 56th Fighter Group prepares medicine at Halesworth, 29 November 1943. Passed for publication 29...
Colonel Francis S. Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt, 7 February 1944. Passed for publication 8 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '"Aces" Who Fly The P-47. Associated Press Photo Shows:- One of the crack Thunderbolt pilots in ETO - Col. Francis S. Gabreski, of Oil City, Penn., who has eleven enemy planes to his credit. WOR 264596. 7-2-44-Y.' On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2486
  • Description: Colonel Francis S. Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt, 7 February 1944. Passed for publication 8 Feb 1944. Printed caption...
Senator Herbert Lehman and Lieutenant C.C. Saux of the 56th Fighter Group examine a P-47 Thunderbolt. Not To Be Published 25 Apr 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Herbert Lehman of New York, Director of the Office of Foreign Releif[sic] and Rehabilitaion, former Governor, recently went to an airport, somewhere in Egnland, to meet his son Flight Officer Peter Lehman who flew to this country. On the drone, he met U.S. Pilots who fly the new U.S. fighters, the Thunderbolt P-47, and he inspected the planes.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2487
  • Description: Senator Herbert Lehman and Lieutenant C.C. Saux of the 56th Fighter Group examine a P-47 Thunderbolt. Not To Be Published 25 Apr 1943. Printed caption...
A P-38 Lightning of the 364th Fighter Group.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3199
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning of the 364th Fighter Group.
A P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-68054) nicknamed "Libbuf Nanny" of the 364th Fighter Group 6 July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Given as 268054, 6/7/44? 364.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3200
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-68054) nicknamed "Libbuf Nanny" of the 364th Fighter Group 6 July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Given as...
A damaged P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Jo Ann Kathy" of the 364th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '364?'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3201
  • Description: A damaged P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Jo Ann Kathy" of the 364th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '364?'
A crashed P-38 Lightning (5Y-W_, serial number 42-67232) of the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '384th F.S., 364th F.G., 8th Air Force.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3209
  • Description: A crashed P-38 Lightning (5Y-W_, serial number 42-67232) of the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '384th F...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6264) of the 56th Fighter Group takes off, March 1943. Passed for publication 16 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Air's "Joe Louis" Is In England. March 1943. This is the first photograph to be taken in England of the new American high-altitude fast fighte, the P-47 "Thunderbolt". Now in quantity production, its 2,000 h.p. engine gives it a speed in excess of 400 mph. Eight guns in the wings give it a tremendous punch, and it has been reported that it was strong
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2483
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6264) of the 56th Fighter Group takes off, March 1943. Passed for publication 16 Mar 1943. Printed caption on...
A P-38 Lightning (5E-H) of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5E-H, via C. Thomas. Rt. engine feathered.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3208
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning (5E-H) of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5E-H, via C. Thomas. Rt. engine feathered...
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group fly in formation, 11 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. "Thunderbolt" Comes To Britain ... America's New Fighter 'Plane. A new American single-engined, monoplane fighter, designed for fast speeds at high altitudes, has now arrived in England for service with fighter squadrons. In the States, where it is in quantitiy production for the U.S.A.A.F, it is popularly known as the P-47, but over here it has been officially
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2482
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group fly in formation, 11 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S....
A P-51 Mustang (5E-K, serial number 44-14375) of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group covered in fire spray, 1 January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1/1/45 C. 328.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3207
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (5E-K, serial number 44-14375) of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group covered in fire spray, 1 January 1945. Handwritten...
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group fly in formation, 11 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '61 FS.' Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. "Thunderbolt" Comes To Britain ... America's New Fighter 'Plane. A new American single-engined, monoplane fighter, designed for fast speeds at high altitudes, has now arrived in England for service with fighter squadrons. In the States, where it is in quantitiy production for the U.S.A.A.F, it is popularly known as the P
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2481
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group fly in formation, 11 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '61...
A P-51D Mustang (serial number 44-13994) of the 364th Fighter Group bogged down in France, 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51D 44-13994, 364 FG, 385 FS. Seen in France 1944. From Pierre Gandillet.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3206
  • Description: A P-51D Mustang (serial number 44-13994) of the 364th Fighter Group bogged down in France, 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51D 44-13994, 364...
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group fly in formation, 10 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Newest U.S. High Altitude Fighter Now In Service In Britain. The P-47 (Thunderbolt), a single-enged high-altitude fash fighter in quantity production for the U.S.A.A.F. is now in service with American Fighter Squadrons in England. One of the newer type of U.S. Fighter Aircraft, it is equipped with a 2000 h.p. engine anda four-bladed automatic control propeller. It c
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2480
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group fly in formation, 10 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Newest U...
A P-51D Mustang (serial number 44-13994) of the 364th Fighter Group, bogged down in soft ground. Handwritten caption on reverse: '364 FG. P-51D - Mustang. France, 1944. Place unknown (Nice?), a/c appears to be bogged down.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3205
  • Description: A P-51D Mustang (serial number 44-13994) of the 364th Fighter Group, bogged down in soft ground. Handwritten caption on reverse: '364 FG. P-51D -...
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group takes off, March 1943. Passed for publication 12 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighter “Thunderbolt” Now In England. The P-47, known as “Thunderbolt” – U.S. single engine, high altitude fast fighter is now in service with fighter squadrons in England. One of the newer types of U.S. fighters is a single seat low wing monoplane. Powered with Pratt & Whitney R-2800, 2000 h.p. turbo super-charger Curtiss four-bladed automatic control propell
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2479
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group takes off, March 1943. Passed for publication 12 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighter...