media-377554.jpg FRE 311 Left to right: Crew Chief Staff Sergeant James O. Tolleson and pilot Second Lieutenant Louis De Anda, of the 78th Fighter Group, inspect the damage to their P-51 Mustang at Duxford air base. February 1945. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'EA 52913 PRO-HQ'45 Flak Holed Fighter Hit Over German Rail Yards - "That's where they hit my plane", Second Lieutenant Louis De Anda, (right) of East Bakerfield, Calif. is saying as he points out where flak tore through the side of his U.S. Eighth Air Force P-51 Mustang to Staff Sergeant James O. Tolleson, maintenance crew chief from Inman, S. Carolina. Lt. De Anda had just blown up an oil car on a train believed to be carrying V-2 parts when flak put up by German ground defenses crashed through the tail of his plane fuselage. The 78th Fighter Group, Lt. De Anda's group, escorted heavy bombers on the second day of the all-out onslaught against German transportation on February 23rd.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection