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A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24565) nicknamed "Idaho Potato Peeler". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Dec 1942.' [stamp] asnd '239811.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'PHOTO SHOW: The crew of a Fortress the "Idaho Potato Peeler" after ttheir return from the raId during which they destroyed three F.W.190s. Left to right - back row: S/Sgt. R.K. Winter, of Paducah, Kentucky, Lieut. Paul M. Thomas, of Houston, Texas, Lieut. Richard C. Browning, of Buffalo, N.Y., Lieut. Wilso McGough, of Paris, Texas, the co-Pilot: and Lieut. B.C. Bales, of Caldville, Idaho, the Pilot. Left to right - front row: S/Sgt. Jack D. Snell, of Sedalia, Missouri, Sgt. Ed. A. Van Ravenstein, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Sgt. Homer Perkins, of Tulsa, Oklahahoma; S/Sgt. John P. Klee, of Cleveland, Detroit: and T/Sgt. R.H. Kilgore, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Browning, Perkins and Klee each destroyed a F.W. 190 during the battle. G. December 1942. PN.'

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection (uploaded May/2023)