media-377078.jpg FRE 380 Ground crew of the 353rd Fighter Group fix a bomb to the undercarriage of a P-47 Thunderbolt. Left to right they are: Master Sergeant Clarence W. Riffer, Sergeant Thomas Zetterval and Corporal Dave Winner. This photograph was taken at Metfield air base where the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed between 3 August 1943 and 12 April 1944. Passed for publication 4 December 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighters Now Carry Bombs. Photo shows: Bombing up a Thunderbolt P.47 at a U.S. Army Air Force station in Britain. Left to right: Master Sgt. Clarence W. Riffer, of Farrell, Penn: Sgt. Thomas Zetterval, of Portland, Virginia and Cpl. Dave Winner, of Pittsburgh, Penn. G. November 1943. PN.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection