media-380482.jpg FRE 1845 A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28700) nicknamed "The YMCA Flying Service" of the 392nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Issued on behalf on National YMCA's.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 20 Nov 1944.' [stamp] and '372928.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Their Way Of Saying Thank You:- For twelve months, through snow and slush, in wet and fine weather, American airmen at a bleak aerodrome in East Anglia have been cheered by regular visits of a YMCA tea car. The airmen wanted to show their thanks, so they named a Liberator bomber "YMCA Flying Service", decorating the fusillage[sic] with a large red triangle. There was a christening ceremony - a 17-year old Maureen Mayne, of Norwich, a YMCA tea car worker, broke a cup of tea over the front turrett[sic] of the bomber. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection