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Rattlesden, home of the 448th Bomb Group, post war.Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 12771
  • Description: Rattlesden, home of the 448th Bomb Group, post war. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
A Church in Rattlesden, near the base of the 447th Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10658
  • Description: A Church in Rattlesden, near the base of the 447th Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group in flight with a flak damaged wing during a mission over Gelsenkirchen, 5 November 1943.
Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/11/43 A. Gelsenkirchen.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14372
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (identified as Virgin's Delight 42-3352) of the 94th Bomb Group in flight with a damage caused by bombs dropping from a higher...
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) of the 96th Bomb Group releases bombs during a mission.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3984
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 96th Bomb Group releases bombs during a mission.
A crashed B-26 Marauder (AN-J, serial number 41-31585) nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 553rd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group, 23 June 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '26Q. 147, MJ-FB.' Second handwritten on reverse: 'P-38, BW.' Printed caption on reverse: '70020 AC - The Martin B-26 "Blazing Heat" of the 386th Bomb Group balances on its nose after making a crash landing at the base in Great Dunmow, Essex, England on 23 June 1944.' On reverse: U.S. Air Force 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Aud
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7837
  • Description: A crashed B-26 Marauder (AN-J, serial number 41-31585) nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 553rd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group, 23 June 1944...
A damaged B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ICM/Credit Roger V. Lovelace.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7784
  • Description: A damaged B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ICM/Credit Roger V. Lovelace.'
A B-26 Marauder (WT-Q, serial number 41-34963) of the 456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group crashes with a burning engine during a raid on Amsterdam-Schipol airdrome, Holland, 13 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '71. WT-Q, 134963, 13/11/43.' Printed caption on reverse: '27447 AC - Hit by flak, this 8th Air Force Marauder has had one win shot away, and tailing smoke from a burning motor, plunges towards the earth. It was the only Marauder lost in the raid on the Amsterdam-Schipol airdrome, Ho
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 4686
  • Description: Martin B-26 Marauder (WT-Q, serial number 41-34963 "Bugs Bunny") of the 456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group crashes with a burning engine during a...
Personnel of the 381st Bomb Group transfer an injured airman into a waiting ambulance from their B-17Flying Fortress after a mission. Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 March 1944.' [stamp] an
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14282
  • Description: Personnel of the 381st Bomb Group transfer an injured waist gunner into a waiting ambulance from their B-17 after a mission. The image was passed...
A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 868
  • Description: A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant...
T/Sgt Earl J. King, of the 303rd Bomb Group, in position inside the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Printed caption on reverse: '80574 AC - S/Sgt. Norman A Sampson of Mason City, Iowa, ball turret gunner on a Boeing B-17 based at Molesworth, England, is shown at his position in his plane during a mission over enemy territory. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO. '
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 1109
  • Description: T/Sgt Earl J. King, BT gunner on the 303rd BG/ 427th BS Major Robert W. Sheets Crew, in position inside the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress...
A B-24 Liberator of the 30th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '819th BS, 30th BG.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8896
  • Description: A B-24 Liberator of the 30th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '819th BS, 30th BG.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37716) nicknamed "5 Grand", formerly of the 96th Bomb Group at the aircraft boneyard in Kingman Arizona.Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-BO "Five Grand" (5,000th B-17) with 'signatures' of Boe
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10975
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37716) nicknamed "5 Grand", formerly of the 96th Bomb Group at the aircraft boneyard in Kingman Arizona...
An F-6 Mustang of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten on reverse: 'P-51C, 15th TRS, 10th PRG. "Not For Publication. Tom Ivie.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2899
  • Description: 42-103433. An F-6 Mustang of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten on reverse: 'P...
A B-24 Liberator (8R-+B, serial number 44-40012) of the 489th Bomb Group.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9027
  • Description: A B-24 Liberator (8R-+B, serial number 44-40012) of the 489th Bomb Group.
A C-45 Expeditor (serial number 42-2428), painted in black. Imagie via Ritchie. Written on slide casing: 'C-456 22482, Debden. A/C black.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6899
  • Description: A C-45 Expeditor (serial number 42-2428), painted in black. Image taken by Edward Ritchie. According to Edward Ritchie's son, Mark: "This was General...
A C-45 Expeditor in US markings. A P-47 Thunderbolt is in the background.Printed caption on reverse: 'Beechcraft Navigator.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14341
  • Description: A C-45 Expeditor in US markings. A P-47 Thunderbolt is in the background. Printed caption on reverse: 'Beechcraft Navigator.'
A B-24 Liberator (T4-K_) of the 847th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8570
  • Description: A B-24 Liberator (T4-K_) of the 847th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth.
Official USAAF 76th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5026
  • Description: Official emblem of the 76th Troop Carrier Squadron - submitted in 1943 to HQ, AAF.
A P-38 Lightning inside a hangar at Nuthampstead. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group.Handwritten caption on reverse: '1-56.'Associated caption from Sand File "Hanger and Cletrac"
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 12827
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning inside a hangar at Nuthampstead. Image by Robert Sand, 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1-56.' Associated caption...
A donkey nicknamed "Lady Moe" became the mascot of a 96th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Miracle Tribe" after the crew purchased the donkey in North Africa on a shuttle mission and brought her back to England. The crew are p
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 13646
  • Description: A donkey nicknamed "Lady Moe" became the mascot of a 96th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Miracle Tribe" after the crew purchased the...