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Torquay, 1945 Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Torquay, 4/45.'

FRE 10620

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10620
  • Description: Torquay, 1945 Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Torquay, 4/45.' Associated caption from Sand File - "Torquay, water...
Ben Nevis, Scotland September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Ben Nevis, Scotland Sept 1944.'

FRE 10613

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10613
  • Description: Ben Nevis, Scotland September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Ben Nevis, Scotland Sept 1944.'
Inverness Cathedral photographed from the Castle. September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cathedral, from Inverness Castle Scotland Sept 1944.'

FRE 10614

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10614
  • Description: Inverness Cathedral photographed from the Castle. September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cathedral, from...
A cannon, at Edinburgh Castle, September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cannon, Scotland, 9/44.'

FRE 10615

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10615
  • Description: A cannon, at Edinburgh Castle, September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cannon, Scotland, 9/44.'
Edinburgh Castle, September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Calton or Carlton (?)X Hill Edinburgh. All Scotland pictures have strange colour, Sept 44.'

FRE 10616

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10616
  • Description: Edinburgh Castle, September 1944. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Calton or Carlton (?)X Hill Edinburgh. All...
The tail section of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Might, 452BG.' On reverse: Dutch 'Rijksdienst Voor De Ijsselmeerpolders' Copyright [Stamp].

FRE 10922

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10922
  • Description: The tail section of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might". Handwritten caption on reverse:...
The armament section of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, in Tunisia sometime in 1943 during Lieutenant J. Driscoll's service there. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Armament section, 566 B. Sq.'

FRE 10816

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10816
  • Description: The armament section of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, in Tunisia sometime in 1943 during Lieutenant J. Driscoll's service there...
The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '452BG.'

FRE 10921

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10921
  • Description: The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '452BG.'
Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, drives a Jeep around the Tunisian airbase he was stationed in sometime in 1943 before returning to England. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Before departure for UK.'

FRE 10815

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10815
  • Description: Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, drives a Jeep around the Tunisian airbase he was stationed in sometime in 1943...
A B-17 Flying Fortress (LV-X serial number 41-2578, "War Weary") nicknamed "Big Tin Bird" used as a hack plane by the 20th Fighter Group.

FRE 10924

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10924
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (LV-X serial number 41-2578, "War Weary") nicknamed "Big Tin Bird" used as a hack plane by the 20th Fighter Group.
Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group in a jeep during his 1943 service in Tunisia.

FRE 10818

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10818
  • Description: Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group in a jeep during his 1943 service in Tunisia.
Robert Sand of the 55th Fighter Group aboard LINCOLN STEFFINS, setting out from Liverpool on return to the United States. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'On Liberty ship Lincoln Steffins heading out of Liverpool bay to an uncertain future in the US.'

FRE 10612

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10612
  • Description: Robert Sand of the 55th Fighter Group aboard LINCOLN STEFFINS, setting out from Liverpool on return to the United States. Image by Robert Sand, 55th...
The remains of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Might, 452BG.' On reverse: Dutch 'Rijksdienst Voor De Ijsselmeerpolders' Copyright [Stamp].

FRE 10923

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10923
  • Description: The remains of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might". Handwritten caption on reverse:...
An armourer of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group in Tunisia with Lieutenant J. Driscoll in 1943. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Armorer, 586 Bomb Sq.'

FRE 10817

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10817
  • Description: An armourer of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group in Tunisia with Lieutenant J. Driscoll in 1943. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Armorer, 586...
A policeman at Billingsgate. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Billingsgate Policeman.'

FRE 10611

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10611
  • Description: A policeman at Billingsgate. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Billingsgate Policeman.'
A remote-controlled drone protoype based on a B-17 Flying Fortress airframe takes off from Hilo Naval Air Station in Hawaii on the 6th of August 1946 to fly to Muroc Army Air Field, California, remotely controlled by USAF personnel nearby. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Prototype.' Printed caption on reverse: '60717 USAF - Pilotless Aircraft Starts 2600-Mile Flight (Photo 1 of 4). A crewless B-17 Flying Fortress "Drone" aircraft starts its record-breaking 2,600-mile flight from Hilo Naval Air Station, H

FRE 10926

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10926
  • Description: A remote-controlled drone protoype based on a B-17 Flying Fortress airframe takes off from Hilo Naval Air Station in Hawaii on the 6th of August 1946...
Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, at the ruins of Ancient Carthage in Tunisia, sometime in 1943. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Carthage, Tunisia, 1943.'

FRE 10812

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10812
  • Description: Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, at the ruins of Ancient Carthage in Tunisia, sometime in 1943. Handwritten on...
Crowds gather around a prototype of the B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number X-41-3322) at its unveiling. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Prototype.'

FRE 10925

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10925
  • Description: Crowds gather around a prototype of the B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number X-41-3322) at its unveiling. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Prototype.'
8th Air Force veteran E.F. Wilson with a small gathering of friends at a servicemen's rest home in Devon, in April 1945. Handwritten on slide casing: 'E.F. Wilson.'

FRE 10811

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10811
  • Description: 8th Air Force veteran E.F. Wilson with a small gathering of friends at Knighthayes Court, Devon, in April 1945. Handwritten on slide casing: 'E.F...
A labelled diagram showing the increased armaments and armour of the YB-40 modification of the B-17 Flying Fortress airframe.

FRE 10928

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10928
  • Description: A labelled diagram showing the increased armaments and armour of the YB-40 modification of the B-17 Flying Fortress airframe.