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An Aerodrome in Nancy, France after being strafed by the 479th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944. Gun camera image. Colonel Hubert Zemke (commander of the 479th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Nancy/ Essey Airdrome (Flughafen) attacked by 479th Fitr Gp 18 August 1944. 2nd Lt CW Granville. Pressing in further ona HE111K the aircraft is well on its way to destruction with an undercarriage collapsing.'

FRE 9950

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9950
  • Description: An Aerodrome in Nancy, France after being strafed by the 479th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944. Gun camera image. Colonel Hubert Zemke (commander of the...
Colonel Curtis LeMay and US Army Air Force personnel in North Africa. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 6 Sept 1943.' [stamp] and '282416.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Col LeMay and Staff in N Africa.'

FRE 9814

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9814
  • Description: Colonel Curtis LeMay and US Army Air Force personnel in North Africa. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 6 Sept 1943.' [stamp] and...
Colonel Hubert Zemke and Lieutenant Colonel David C Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group with P-47 Thunderbolt. Zemke has hadnwritten on the reverse: '"Two of a Kind" probably saying "Up there is where the action is!" Once firm in their position with a bit of combat under their belts these two made an awesome team. Col Hub Zemke, Aerial victories 17 3/4 Ground victories 11 (with the 479th Fitr Grp also), Lt Col David C Schilling- Aerial victories 23, Ground victories 10 1/2. Schilling succeeded Zemke as gr

FRE 9983

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9983
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke and Lieutenant Colonel David C Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group with P-47 Thunderbolt. Zemke has hadnwritten on the reverse: '...
Brigadier General Edmund W Hill and Francis Knight in Ireland. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 1 Feb 1943.' [stamp] and '21831.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Feb 1 1943, Brigadier General Edmund W Hill, Commanding General 8th Air Force Composite Command (left) and Mr Francis Matthews, Supreme Knight, Knights of Colombus of America are shown together at a Luncheon and Reception given by his Eminence Patrick Cardinal McCrory, Primate of all Ireland. Ir

FRE 9815

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9815
  • Description: Brigadier General Edmund W Hill and Francis Knight in Ireland. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 1 Feb 1943.'...
Ground personnel of the 56th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt commemorating the service of Colonel Hubert Zemke. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Boxted AB England- May or June. The crew (ground) that did the touch up and support work on the P-47M put on display in Paris France. Names Unknown. Members of the 56th Fighter Group and 33rd Service Group. Shoddy looking but capable to the [illegible] of the base.'

FRE 9982

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9982
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 56th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt commemorating the service of Colonel Hubert Zemke. Zemke has handwritten on the...
Colonel Frederick Gray of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Col Freddy Gray, a later CO of the 78th Fighter Group RAF Duxford!'

FRE 9981

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9981
  • Description: Colonel Frederick Gray of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Col...
Kelly Field, Texas, Advanced Fighter Training School. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Kelly Field, Texas looking from the west towards the city of San Antonio, Texas- also the flight line. Here Zemke spent his happiest flying time- Flying in P-12 airplanes- Dec 36, Jan & Feb 37. This field was then the Army Air Corps advanced flying school. This World War I airfield (all wooden hangar and [illegible] Bldg) is now all torn down and rebuilt.'

FRE 9945

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9945
  • Description: Kelly Field, Texas, Advanced Fighter Training School. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Kelly Field, Texas...
Captain Willis relaxing in his quarters. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Flak Happy Willis, Capt Willis, shot down over Holand April 10 1944.'

FRE 9817

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9817
  • Description: Captain Willis relaxing in his quarters. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Flak Happy Willis, Capt Willis, shot down over Holand April 10 1944.'
Hubert Zemke, later Commanding Officer of the 56th Fighter Group and his mother Anna, 1915. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Hub Zemke and Mother- Age 1 year, Missoula, Montana, 1915.'

FRE 9946

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9946
  • Description: Hubert Zemke, later Commanding Officer of the 56th Fighter Group and his mother Anna, 1915. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Hub Zemke and...
The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England. US Air Force photo.'

FRE 9818

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9818
  • Description: The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the...
An Aerodrome in Nancy, France after being strafed by the 479th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944. Gun camera image. Colonel Hubert Zemke (commander of the 479th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Nancy/ Essey Airdrome strafed by 479th Ftr Group- 18 Aug 1944? Nice shooting by Captain C T P Duffie on a Ju88. recovery has to be made through the smoke of previous hit e/a. The situation was becoming tricky because of smoke and fires.'

FRE 9947

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9947
  • Description: An Aerodrome in Nancy, France after being strafed by the 479th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944. Gun camera image. Colonel Hubert Zemke (commander of the...
King George VI with General Mark Clark of the US Army in North Africa. Printed caption on reverse: 'For first publication eveings Sat Jun 19. British Official Photo, Crown Copyright Reserved. HM THE KING IN N AFRICA. on 14th June, 1943, His Majesty the King made an extensive tour of the American Armed forces, which included the large force under General Clark. It was during this visit that his Majesty watched modern street fighting and took the salute at a parade in which large numbers of troops and fight

FRE 9819

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9819
  • Description: King George VI with General Mark Clark of the US Army in North Africa. Printed caption on reverse: 'For first publication eveings Sat Jun 19. British...
An Aerodrome in Nancy, France after being strafed by the 479th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944. Gun camera image. Colonel Hubert Zemke (commander of the 479th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Nancy/ Essey Airdrome strafed by Capt CAP Duffie, 18 Aug 1944- 479th Fitr Group. A definite concentration of fire at proper range with no doubt what is happening to the enemy aircraft.'

FRE 9948

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9948
  • Description: An Aerodrome in Nancy, France after being strafed by the 479th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944. Gun camera image. Colonel Hubert Zemke (commander of the...
Lieutenant General George Patton and Lieutenant General Omar L Bradley inside a C-47 Skytrain en rout to Northern France. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp] and 'Passed for publication 21 Sept 1944.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'THEIR ARMIES KEEP THEM FLYING. Lt Generals George Patton (left) and Omar L Bradley, are shown in a C-47 transport plane in which they visited the different fighting areas in Northern France. the Yank forces are now spread so widely that the top field comm

FRE 9820

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9820
  • Description: Lieutenant General George Patton and Lieutenant General Omar L Bradley inside a C-47 Skytrain en rout to Northern France. Image stamped on reverse:...
Fighter personnel, including Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group, and former commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group pretend to fight Bomber personnel at the Prisoner of War assembly camp at Dulag Luft. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'This picture was at Dulag Luft (Watzlar)- an assembling camp where POW were temporarily house to await RR Freight cars before moving off to permanent POW camps in the East. The picture was taken by one of Col Stark staff. It depicts a mock fight between Bombe

FRE 9941

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9941
  • Description: Fighter personnel, including Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group, and former commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group pretend to fight Bomber...
Colonel Hubert Zemke, Commanding officer of the 479th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Zemke as Co 479 Fitr Group No particular insignia or canopy paint was put on this aircraft. In shot it was aluminium colour. The is the P-51D that did me in by shedding a wing.'

FRE 9942

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9942
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke, Commanding officer of the 479th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Zemke as Co 479 Fitr...
Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group, as a flying school cadet in 1937. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Flying Cadet Hub Zemke poses in summer flying outfit with a parachute over his shoulder prior to take off at Kelly Field, Texass, Jan 1937. The aircraft in the background is a P-12E used to train fighter pilots in the advanced (final 3 months) flying school class. There were only 6 cadets in the Pursuit (fighter section) of this graduating class of 32.'

FRE 9943

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9943
  • Description: Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group, as a flying school cadet in 1937. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'Flying...
The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-Z , serial number 42-75864) of the 56th Fighter Group owned by Colonel Hubert Zemke, but crashed by anther airman. Handwritten on image: '275864 Sal 17/3/44.' Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'This what happens when your aircraft is lent out. In Nov 1944 I was sent to the zone of interior on a visit to bases- & on bond ralleys. Somehow my personal aircraft was lent to someone nt quite up to its capabilities. On my return I noticed a later freshly painted model stoo

FRE 9944

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9944
  • Description: The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-Z , serial number 42-75864) of the 56th Fighter Group owned by Colonel Hubert Zemke, but crashed by anther airman...
Major Eugene P Roberts of the 78th Fighter Group, Wing Commander AJ Deere and Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group after being awarded medals. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 21 Oct 1943.' [stamp] and '37645.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W/C AJ Deere's DFC Medal is the centre of interest when these air heroes held an impromptu huddle following the British-American ceremony held at an American Air Station somewhere in England. Left to right

FRE 9811

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9811
  • Description: Major Eugene P Roberts of the 78th Fighter Group, Wing Commander AJ Deere and Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group after being awarded...
Staff-Sergeant Jack E Snell of the 303rd Bomb Group meets the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 29 Apr 1943.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'During a recent inspection tour of an American airdrome the Duke of Gloucester pauses to shake hands with S/Sgt Jack E Snell, of Sedalin, Miss. Sgt Snell is a member of a Flying Fortress crew. In the foreground is Lt Col Hubert Zemke, Mis

FRE 9812

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9812
  • Description: Staff-Sergeant Jack E Snell of the 303rd Bomb Group meets the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Image...