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Lieutenant Colonel Lucien "Pete" Wade and Captain Joseph H Sayers of the 56th Fighter Group during a visit to London, 1944. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group has handwritten on the reverse: 'June 1944- London. Lt Col Lucien "Pete" Wade shooting the streets of London with the 63rd Fighter Squadron Captain Joseph H Sayers. Wade later became the last group CO of the 56th Fitr Group at Boxted as a Full Colonel. He served well as a Flt Leader- Group operations- Sqdn CO and lastly as Gp CO.'

FRE 9980

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9980
  • Description: Lieutenant Colonel Lucien "Pete" Dade and Captain Joseph H Sayers of the 56th Fighter Group during a visit to London, 1944. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter...
A P-47 Thunderbolt, captured by the Luftwaffe. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Yes the Luftwaffe assembled a few thunderbolts to see what they could actually do.'

FRE 9975

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9975
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt, captured by the Luftwaffe. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Yes the Luftwaffe assembled a few...
Colonel Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group tutoring Chinese pilots at Bradley Field, 1942. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'April 1942. Bradley Field, Capt Zemke tutoring the Chinese national pilots- thru an interpreter to the pilot class of operations of the P-36. Labourious as this task appeared these twenty (20) pilots conducted the P-36 check out without an accident. Having now trained Americans, British and [ilegible] this work became a natural for Zemke. "Give me

FRE 9976

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9976
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group tutoring Chinese pilots at Bradley Field, 1942. Zemke has handwritten on the...
A silhouetted B-17 Flying Fortress in flight.

FRE 8983

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8983
  • Description: A silhouetted B-17 Flying Fortress in flight.
A B-17 Flying Fortress of 69 Squadron, Israeli Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IAF B-17G in camouflage paint scheme. Only fixed armament was in the tail position.'

FRE 8982

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8982
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress of 69 Squadron, Israeli Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IAF B-17G in camouflage paint scheme. Only fixed...
An early B-17A Flying Fortress in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17A.'

FRE 8981

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8981
  • Description: An early B-17A Flying Fortress in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17A.'
Ground personnel work on a B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 8987

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8987
  • Description: Ground personnel work on a B-17 Flying Fortress.
Three modified B-17 Flying Fortresses used by the Institut Géographique National, France, for aerial surveys, lined up along a runway.

FRE 8986

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8986
  • Description: Three modified B-17 Flying Fortresses used by the Institut Géographique National, France, for aerial surveys, lined up along a runway.
A B-17 Flying Fortress graveyard. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Graveyard [illegible].'

FRE 8985

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8985
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress graveyard. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Graveyard [illegible].'
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group flies over two field ambulances. Image stamped on reverse: 'Boeing.'

FRE 8984

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8984
  • Description: A still photo from motion picture pilot John Crewdson's famous "buzz job" during the filming of "The War Lover." Note the ambulances in the foreground...
A US Navy PB-1W variant B-17 Flying Fortress (Bureau Number 77230) of Experimental Squadron VX-4, fitted with APS-20 radar, in flight 1947.

FRE 8990

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8990
  • Description: A US Navy PB-1W variant B-17 Flying Fortress (Bureau Number 77230) of Experimental Squadron VX-4, fitted with APS-20 radar, in flight 1947.
A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell land at an airfield in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, that is under constuction. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 21 Mar 1944.'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'BUILDING AIRFIELDS FOR UNTIED NATIONS FIGHTING PLANES. 7. The first two planes land on a field not entirely completed yet. Army and Navy construction crews and engineers are moving step by step through the islands of the Southwest Pacific toward the Philippines and the ultimate ob

FRE 8989

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8989
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell land at an airfield in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, that is under constuction. Image stamped on...
Two early B-17 Flying Fortresses in RAF markings prepare for take off in Canada, en route to England. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'AM534 & ? en route UK- Canada (Gander).'

FRE 8988

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8988
  • Description: Two early B-17 Flying Fortresses in RAF markings prepare for take off in Canada, en route to England. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'AM534 & ? en...
An early YB-17A B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'YB-17A AFM.'

FRE 8822

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8822
  • Description: An early YB-17A B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'YB-17A AFM.'
A B-17C Flying Fortress in flight in pre-war markings. Image stamped on reverse: 'Fox Photos.'[stamp], 'Passed for publication 13 Sept 1941.'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress (Boeing).' Censor no: 160518.

FRE 8821

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8821
  • Description: A B-17C Flying Fortress in flight in pre-war markings. Image stamped on reverse: 'Fox Photos.'[stamp], 'Passed for publication 13 Sept 1941.'[stamp]...
An early YB-17 variant B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings in flight over Mount Rainier. Printed caption on reverse: '22411 USAF- Boeing YB-17 over Mt Rainier US Air Force Photo.'

FRE 8826

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8826
  • Description: An early YB-17 variant B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings in flight over Mount Rainier. Printed caption on reverse: '22411 USAF- Boeing YB-17...
An early B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings. Printed caption on reverse: '12134 AC- Boeing B-17 side view in flight. US Air Force Photo, 1361st Photographic Squadron, Aerospace Audio-Visual Service (MAC).'

FRE 8825

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8825
  • Description: An early B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings. Printed caption on reverse: '12134 AC- Boeing B-17 side view in flight. US Air Force Photo, 1361st...
Ground personnel of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Air Force, inspect an early B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings at Tuscon, Arizona. Printed caption on reverse: '24771 USAF- Pre-flight inspect on a Boeing B-17, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, Tucson, Arizona, US Air Force Photo.'

FRE 8824

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8824
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Air Force, inspect an early B-17 Flying Fortress in pre-war markings at Tuscon, Arizona...
An early B-17B Flying Fortress in pre-war markings. Printed caption on reverse: '29116 AC- Boeing B-17B Bombardment Airplane. US Air Force Photo 1361st Photographic Squadron, Aerospace Audio-Visual Service (MAC).' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Pre-War early B-17.'

FRE 8823

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8823
  • Description: An early B-17B Flying Fortress in pre-war markings. Printed caption on reverse: '29116 AC- Boeing B-17B Bombardment Airplane. US Air Force Photo...
A Dumbo B-17 Flying Fortress of the 6th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 5th Air Force. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-60746 AC- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 6th Emergency Rescue Squadron equipped with radar unit. Notice the attached rescue boat, used to rescue crew shot down at sea. Florida Blanca Airstrip, Luzon, Phillipine Islands, 27 June 1945. US Air Force Photo.'

FRE 8830

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8830
  • Description: A Dumbo B-17 Flying Fortress of the 6th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 5th Air Force. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-60746 AC- Boeing B-17 "Flying...