media-413478.jpg FRE 4794 Ground crewmen of the 379th Bomb Group gather around a stove in a tent near their B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 8 Jan 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379.' Printed caption on reverse: '"Unsung Heroes Of The Air War". Working endless hours in all ki-[obscured] the ground crews of the big B-17 bombers get little cradit[sic] in the constant onslaught from the air on Hitler's European Fortress. Averaging 18 hours a day for many weeks at a time, they seldom get a chance to shave or wash. To be near their work they live in tents pitched near the parking area. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Grouped around the stove in their tent, with their "charge", a B-17 Fortress just visible through the door, are (left to right): M/Sgt. Kenneth Harrison, crew chief, of 734 Commercial St., Danville, Ill.; Pte. John E. Andress, of Greenville, Ala.; Cpl. Bruce Drynan, of 576 Hawthorne Ave., Elmhurst, Ill.; and Sgt. Frank Janish, of 421 Sycamore Street, Buffalo, N.U[sic]. IRV 263742. 8-1-44-Y.' Censor no: 299298. On reverse: Associated Press and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection