100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal.'

Merced Army Air Field Classbook photo, Aviation Cadet Class 43-G, graduated May 1943.

Crew photo, Lt. Fitzpatrick standing, back row, second from the left.

Two of the three German pilots who joined a visit of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation to England in the early 1990s. 'The guy on the left flew a Focke Wulf 190D on New Year's Day 1945 (Operation Bodenplatte) when the Luftwaffe attempted to knock out the Allied air force on the ground in Europe. He was shot down into captivity. He told me that his parents knew nothing of what had happened to him, and presumed he was killed in action. That was until the 8th May 1945 when the war ended, the Third Reich ceased to exist, and his parents next-door neighbour knocked on their door and told them their son was safe in allied captivity. When asked how they knew, they said they had clandestinely listened to the BBC broadcasts for months, and heard his name on a list of PoWs that the BBC announced regularly. But they were too scared to tell his parents in case it was discovered they were listening to the BBC, and would have suffered dire consequences as a result. Such was the fear those ordinary people lived under - something we cannot even begin to imagine.'

Karl-Frintz Schroder (with blue tie) and others on a on a joint visit by the German Fighter Pilots Association and the 100th Bomb Group Foundation.

Charles Cruikshank, a 100th Bomb Group veteran, at Thorpe Abbotts in the early 1990s.

Karl-Frintz Schroder and a 100th Bomb Group veteran at Thorpe Abbotts in the early 1990s.

Karl on the watch tower at Thorpe Abbotts, on a joint visit by the German Fighter Pilots Association and the 100th Bomb Group Foundation. 'Karl-Frintz Schröder, who I had known for many years through my own research. Karl and his pilot was nearly shot down into the North Sea in May 1941 on a dusk mission, their Messerschmitt 110 getting back to base with combat damage from a British night fighter. Karl was shot down twice on the Russian Front. The first time his pilot managed to land in 'No mans land'; the second time was over Russian territory. He was behind Russian lines for three days, hiding during the day and travelling at night to avoid detection. '

Pictured with Dean Radtke crew.