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Pilots of the 2nd Scouting Force at a briefing ©IWM (FRE 2946)

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War artist Frank Beresford paints a B-17 Flying Fortress with the assistance of "Lady Moe" the donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group. ©IWM (FRE 3968)

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Captain Edmund J Skoner, Chaplain of the 303rd Bomb Group, writing letters in his quarters. ©IWM (FRE 955)

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Left to right: First Lieutenant Stanley G. Markusen, Public Relations Officer with the 78th Fighter Group, watches a mission take-off at Duxford, along with Major Charles E. Clapp Jr., journalist William Randolph Hearst Jr. and Major James Dufour, Passed for publication 28 October 1943. ©IWM (FRE 280)

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John Greenwood a navigator of the 351st Bomb Group enjoying a drink in Brussels after a mission over Dresden. ©IWM (FRE 9816)

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Leo S Stoutsenberger, a Photographic Officer of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force with his camera at the waist gun position on a B-24 Liberator. ©IWM (FRE 8740)

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General Ira C Eaker checks a map marked with bombing mission. ©IWM (FRE 9741)

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P-38 Lightning pilots of the 55th Fighter Group huddle at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. ©IWM (FRE 109)

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Sergeant L.F. Teetman, of the 379th Bomb Group enjoys a sandwich and coffee before interrogation Kimbolton, 1 January 1944. ©IWM (FRE 4796)

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The American Air Museum's archive records the stories of the people of the US Army Air Forces who served in Britain during the Second World War.