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John Taylor and Leon Hardt of the Motor Transport Section, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford

HU 137059

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: HU 137059
  • Description: John Taylor and Leon Hardt of the Motor Transport Section, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford
Flying helmet owned by 1st Lt. George E. Sandall, 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron.Type B-6 Sheepskin-lined Leather Flying Helmet. Fitted with ear telephones and jack-plug.

EQU 4574

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: EQU 4574
  • Description: Flying helmet owned by 1st Lt. George E. Sandall, 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron.
Major George E. Sandall, flew with the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, taken in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford in the 1990s

UPL 41933

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 41933
  • Description: Major George E. Sandall, flew with the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, taken in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford in the 1990s
Crew of "Little Audrey", 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron. Kimbolton 1944.

UPL 41932

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 41932
  • Description: Crew of "Little Audrey", 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron. Kimbolton 1944. Standing (L to R): Hirthler, Carl H, Sergeant, Tail Gunner Williams...
A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by Lieutenant Dan C Knight of the 401st Bomb Group. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of brown leather with stand & fall collar and patch pockets to the lower front. The jacket has knitted cuffs and waistband and has artwork painted to the back of the jacket, featuring Bugs Bunny holding a bomb beneath the text, 'Mary Alice' for Knight's aircraft. A series of downward pointing bombs are to the left of the main design and the text, 'GNATZI - KNIGHTMARE' beneath.

UNI 13859

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: UNI 13859
  • Description: A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by Lieutenant Dan C Knight of the 401st Bomb Group. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of brown leather with...
A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by 1st Lieutenant Robert N Roberts of the 91st Bomb Group. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of brown leather with stand & fall collar and patch pockets to the lower front. The jacket has knitted cuffs and waistband and has hand-painted insignia patch to the left breast comprising a white bearded 'Uncle Sam' dropping bombs, on a blue circular field. Above the patch is sewn a leather name tag, having the text, 'R.N. ROBERTS' embossed in gold lettering. To the bac

UNI 13860

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: UNI 13860
  • Description: A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by 1st Lieutenant Robert N Roberts of the 91st Bomb Group. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of brown leather...
A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by 1st Lieutenant Neil Hazan "Dutch" Schrader Gof the 398th Bomb Group. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of brown leather with stand & fall collar and patch pockets to the lower front. The jacket has knitted cuffs and waistband and has artwork applied in white paint to the back with the text, "Dutch".

UNI 13861

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: UNI 13861
  • Description: A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by 1st Lieutenant Neil Hazan "Dutch" Schrader Gof the 398th Bomb Group. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of...
A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by 1st Lieutenant Howard Eugene "Gene" Greenwell of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group and 2nd Scouting Force. A zipper fronted single-breasted jacket of brown leather with stand & fall collar and patch pockets to the lower front. The jacket has knitted cuffs and waistband and to the left breast is sewn a leather insignia patch of the 357th Fighter Squadron ('The Licking Dragons'), to the right breast is a hand-painted red Indian, representing the 2nd Scou

UNI 13858

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: UNI 13858
  • Description: A-2 Leather Flying Jacket worn by 1st Lieutenant Howard Eugene "Gene" Greenwell of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group and 2nd Scouting...
Fortress Mark III, HB773, on the ground at Prestwick, Ayrshire. Although intended for use by Coastal Command at a GR Mark III, HB773 never flew with the RAF, being diverted for service with the 8th USAAF shortly after its arrival in the United Kingdom.

ATP 12691C

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: ATP 12691C
  • Description: Boeing built (B-17G-40-BO, SN 42-97110), Fortress III (HB773) as it appeared during its brief tenure with the RAF. Note USAAF marking painted over as...
Detail of four-stringed banjo formerly owned by Sergeant Homer R Golden, and signed by personnel of the 4th Fighter Group and local civilians.

EPH 11555

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: EPH 11555
  • Description: Detail of four-stringed banjo formerly owned by Sergeant Homer R Golden, and signed by personnel of the 4th Fighter Group and local civilians.
Four-stringed banjo formerly owned by Sergeant Homer R Golden, and signed by personnel of the 4th Fighter Group and local civilians.

EPH 11555

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: EPH 11555
  • Description: Four-stringed banjo formerly owned by Sergeant Homer R Golden, and signed by personnel of the 4th Fighter Group and local civilians.
Second World War higher formation badge for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by a US War Department radiogram dated 21 December 1944 and formal approval by the Quartermaster General was granted on 27 December 1944. The Command was formed on 1 January 1944 at Bushey Park, England under Lieutenant-General Carl Spaatz. It was administratively responsible for all US Army Air Forces in the UK and later for operational control of the 8th and 15

INS 7307

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: INS 7307
  • Description: Second World War higher formation badge for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by a...
A group of senior officers of the 78th Fighter Group confer behind a hangar and in front of a water tower at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski

HU 54663

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: HU 54663
  • Description: A group of senior officers of the 78th Fighter Group confer behind a hangar and in front of a water tower at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski
Staff Officers of the 78th Fighter Group stand to attention outside Hangar No 6 at Duxford, 1943. Image from Chester Grudzinski

HU 54662

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: HU 54662
  • Description: Staff Officers of the 78th Fighter Group stand to attention outside Hangar No 6 at Duxford, 1943. Image from Chester Grudzinski
Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter Group fashions a patch to repair bullet damage to a P-47 thunderbolt wing while working inside the welding shop at Duxford. This building has now been demolished. Image from Chester Grudzinski

HU 54661

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: HU 54661
  • Description: Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter Group fashions a patch to repair bullet damage to a P-47 thunderbolt wing while working inside the...
Staff Sergeant Thomas of the 78th fighter Group receiving the Bronze Star in 1944 on the parade ground at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski

HU 54660

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: HU 54660
  • Description: Staff Sergeant Thomas of the 78th fighter Group receiving the Bronze Star in 1944 on the parade ground at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski
Camera technicians of the 78th Fighter Group at work inside a workshop at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski

HU 54659

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: HU 54659
  • Description: Camera technicians of the 78th Fighter Group at work inside a workshop at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski
Second World War formation badge for the United States 9th Air Force (United States Army Air Force)

INS 7305

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: INS 7305
  • Description: Second World War formation badge for the United States 9th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the...
Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

INS 7304

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: INS 7304
  • Description: Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the...
Mosquito PR Mark XVI, MM364, at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, on being handed over to the USAAF.Image by Robert Astrella

COL 370

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: IWM collections
  • Object Number: COL 370
  • Description: Mosquito PR Mark XVI, MM364, at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, on being handed over to the USAAF.