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Colonel Hubert Zemke, Major Wilbur Watson and Lieutenant Colonel David Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group at a dinner party hosted by the Van Eck estate owners at Halesworth. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Halesworth- Jan 1944. left to Rgt- 1- Zemke Co 56th, 2- Mrs Van Eck- Swedish wife of Andrew Van Eck, 3- Major Wilbur Watson- Ground [illegible] 56th Ftr Group, 4- Andrew Van Eck- Promminent Landowner his estate encompassed the area of Halesworth and Metfield ar bases. 5- Lt Col David C Schillin

FRE 9924

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9924
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke, Major Wilbur Watson and Lieutenant Colonel David Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group at a dinner party hosted by the Van Eck...
Staff Sergeant William Ewing of the 97th Bomb Group in position inside his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], '212089.' [censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYING FORTRESSES WAIT FOR ZERO HOUR. Associated Press Photo Shows: Sgt William Ewing, side gunner and Assistant Radio Operator, from Keytesville, MO inspects the feed belt of his gun.'

FRE 9796

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9796
  • Description: Staff Sergeant William Ewing of the 97th Bomb Group in position inside his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp]...
Prisoners of War at Stalag Luft 1. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'POWs SL 1.'

FRE 10001

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10001
  • Description: Prisoners of War at Stalag Luft 1. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'POWs SL 1.'
Lieutenant Colonel Francis S Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group walks the flight line with Major General William Kepner. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Lt Col Francis S Gabreski CO 61st Fitr Sq0 56th Ftr Gp Troops the flight line with M/Gen Wm Kepner, C/Gen 8th Ftr Command- Boxted Eng.'

FRE 9925

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9925
  • Description: Lieutenant Colonel Francis S Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group walks the flight line with Major General William Kepner. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th...
Hollywood Actor Clark Gable talks to a cameraman in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Captain Clark Gable.'

FRE 9797

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9797
  • Description: Hollywood Actor Clark Gable talks to a cameraman in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Captain Clark Gable.'
Colonel Hubert Zemke and Lieutenant Colonel David C Schilling, formerly of the 56th Fighter Group with a T-33 Shooting Star at a celebration after Schillign flew the aircraft across the Atlantic. Zemke has handwritten on reverse: 'Lt to Rt 1950 Summer, Col "Pete" Lucian Dade Opns Officer, 2nd Air Div, Landsberg Germany, Col John "Jack" Crostwaite Wing Co 36th Fighter Fursten Feldbruck, Germany, Lt Col Erwin H Degreny Flying Ex 56th Frt Group, Selfridge AFB, Michigan, Col Hub Zemke CO 56th Fitr Group Furst

FRE 9926

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9926
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke and Lieutenant Colonel David C Schilling, formerly of the 56th Fighter Group, with a T-33 Shooting Star at a celebration after...
Lieutenant John Minahan, a bombardier of the 11th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force is awarded a medal by General George Kenney.

FRE 9798

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9798
  • Description: Lieutenant John Minahan, a bombardier of the 11th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force is awarded a medal by General George Kenney.
A map showing the position of all armies in Germany April 1945. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'This map- which will require you to take out your reading glass- shows the disposition of all armies - east south and west just before the final push that ended WWII. The time must have been around 1 April 1945. By then the Soviets were on the Oder River- building up strength. At Stalag Luft we could hear the rumble of heavy artillery barrages once the front opened about 15-16

FRE 10007

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10007
  • Description: A map showing the position of all armies in Germany April 1945. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'This map- which...
Major Wilbur Watson leads personnel of the 56th Fighter Group in taking the salute during an award presentation at Boxted. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: '32- Pilots of the 56th have been called to attention in their formation for presentation of awards. Major Wilbur Watson- the troop Ground Executive has taken the salute saying 'All present and accounted for' Boxted, 1944.'

FRE 9927

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9927
  • Description: Major Wilbur Watson leads personnel of the 56th Fighter Group in taking the salute during an award presentation at Boxted. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th...
A ceremony to celebrate the handover of an RAF Airfield into US Army Air Force control. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 22 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '270991.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'TRANSFER OF RAF AIRFIELD TO US ARMY AIR FORCE. 22-6-43, A formal ceremony was held today when Air Vice Marshall JH D'Albiac CB. DSO. of RAF Fighter Command, handed over an RAF Airfield to Brigadier General Robert Candee, Commanding General VIII Air Support command. K

FRE 9791

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9791
  • Description: A ceremony to celebrate the handover of an RAF Airfield into US Army Air Force control. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone press.' [stamp], 'Passed...
A telegram to Mrs Hubert Zemke (wife of the commanding officer of the 479th Fighter Group) from Mike Mansfield informing her of Colonel Zemke's liberation from Stalag Luft I, 14 May 1945. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Telegram from US House of Representatives from Montana. For many year he was the leader of the US House of Representatives. For a number of years (including the present he serves at the ambassador to Japan) though a member of the opposition of Ronald Regan. The Zemke's knew "Mike" M

FRE 10006

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10006
  • Description: A telegram to Mrs Hubert Zemke (wife of the commanding officer of the 479th Fighter Group) from Mike Mansfield informing her of Colonel Zemke's...
Lieutenant Colonel David Robinson and other Ace fighter pilots of the 56th Fighter Group. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Aces of the 56- 16 Mar 44. Holding the map is Lt Col Dave Robinson the 'Silver Fox'- group intellegence Officer. 19 Aces in one group the highest we had in the grouo at one time was 21 a few days later. This assemble totaled out 19 aerial victories for themselves-HZ.'

FRE 9928

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9928
  • Description: Lieutenant Colonel David Robinson and other Ace fighter pilots of the 56th Fighter Group. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on...
Major General Frederick L Anderson delivers a broadcast from the BBC. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '40146.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Major operations made by USAAF last month were on a scale equal to [illegible] and Naval engagements, Maj Gen Frederick L Anderson, Chief of Eighth bomber command, said in a weekend radio broadcast to the United States last Saturday. He is shown here at a BBC Microphone. Broadcasting hous

FRE 9792

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9792
  • Description: Major General Frederick L Anderson delivers a broadcast from the BBC. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec...
A telegram to Mrs Hubert Zemke (wife of the commanding officer of the 479th Fighter Group) from Mike Mansfield informing her of Colonel Zemke's liberation from Stalag Luft I, 30 April 1945. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Note date of tel. 30 April 1945. Soon after the German camp authority liberated Stalag Luft I The underground radio transmitter was given the clear go ahead sign to operate in the clear. 1st priority on my list to SHAEF (MI9) was to get this list of all POWs to higher headquarters

FRE 10005

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10005
  • Description: A telegram to Mrs Hubert Zemke (wife of the commanding officer of the 479th Fighter Group) from Mike Mansfield informing her of Colonel Zemke's...
Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group at an awards presentation. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Pilots of the 63nd Ftr Squadron being decorated 13 August 1943.'

FRE 9929

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9929
  • Description: Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group at an awards presentation. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Pilots of the...
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard with Colonel Anthony Mustoe and Brigadier General Chauncey. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp],'Passed for publication 27 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '26114.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Was DC, Chairman of the General Committee of Army and Navy Chaplains at a US Air force Headquarters in England. Greeting himis Col Anthony O Mustoe, weather office, Hot Springs VA, while Brig Gen Chauncey, Air Force Chief of Staff effects the i

FRE 9793

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9793
  • Description: Bishop Adna Wright Leonard with Colonel Anthony Mustoe and Brigadier General Chauncey. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp],'Passed for...
A playbill from Hotel Pierre in New York, a favoured haunt of the 567th Fighter Group. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'A favourite haunting place of the 56th Fighter Group early in the war- before going overseas to the ETO. Spent many an evening at dinner shows listening to Ella Logan. Hotel Pierre, NY, NY, Cortillion Room, note the prices.'

FRE 10004

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10004
  • Description: A playbill from Hotel Pierre in New York, a favoured haunt of the 567th Fighter Group. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the...
German fighter Ace Günther Rall. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Major Günther Rall Co of (you've got my file of notes) [Jagdgeschwader 11 (11th Fighter Wing)] based at Celle Fliegerhorst on 12 May 1944. It was on an encounter that day with the 56th Ftr Group that he shot down 2 of Hub Zemke's wing men but in the later course of this combat became a vicitim and lost his [illegible]. From Rall File.'

FRE 9930

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9930
  • Description: German fighter Ace Günther Rall. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Major Günther Rall Co of (you've got my...
Brigadier General Chauncey hosts a Christmas Part of British Children. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 17 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '40814.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Brig Gen C C Chauncey, Ada, Orla, center plays Santa Claus to some British Schildren during a party given by personnel of the 8th Air Force recently.'

FRE 9794

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9794
  • Description: Brigadier General Chauncey hosts a Christmas party for British Children. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 17 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and...
Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group talks to Lieutenant General Carl A Spaatz. Zemke has handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Gen Carl "Tooey" Spaatz talking to Zemke on the unit conditions and problems- March 1944. Spaatz was not one to joke with!!!'

FRE 9921

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9921
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group talks to Lieutenant General Carl A Spaatz. Zemke has handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Gen Carl...