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A B-26 Marauder (KS-N, serial number 42-107809) of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group.

FRE 8159

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8159
  • Description: A B-26 Marauder (KS-N, serial number 42-107809) of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group.
Private First Class Charles Parks and William "Bill" Polley swap hats with an Etonian schoolboy. Image by William Polley, 942nd Engineer Aviation Topographic Battalion, 8th Air Force. Associated caption: 'Hat exchange a "NoNo"- Charles Parks & Bill Polley, Yanks. taken while stationed at "Pinetree", 8th AF Headquarters High Wycombe. 4/30/44-1/15/45.'

FRE 6983

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6983
  • Description: Private First Class Charles Parks and William "Bill" Polley swap hats with an Etonian schoolboy. Image by William Polley, 942nd Engineer Aviation...
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96199) of the 387th Bomb Group, flown by First Lieutenant Robert Nathan Smith and his crew, they were shot down over Chartres, 26 May 1944.

FRE 8160

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8160
  • Description: A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96199) of the 387th Bomb Group, flown by First Lieutenant Robert Nathan Smith and his crew, they were shot down over...
An Etonian on the banks of the River Thames, with Winsdor Castle in the background. Image by William Polley, 942nd Engineer Aviation Topographic Battalion, 8th Air Force. Associated caption: 'A student views the river and Windsor Castle, taken while stationed at "Pinetree", 8th AF Headquarters High Wycombe. 4/30/44-1/15/45.'

FRE 6982

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6982
  • Description: An Etonian on the banks of the River Thames, with Winsdor Castle in the background. Image by William Polley, 942nd Engineer Aviation Topographic...
A B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 8956

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8956
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress.
A crewman stands by the nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 8955

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8955
  • Description: A crewman stands by the nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress.
An early B-17 Flying Fortress (48 4IR).

FRE 8958

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8958
  • Description: An early B-17 Flying Fortress (48 4IR).
An early B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-3092) in camouflage markings.

FRE 8957

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8957
  • Description: An early B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-3092) in camouflage markings.
A B-17 Flying Fortress at Tours in 1944. Image via P Gandillet. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 G Tours? 1944.'

FRE 8960

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8960
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress at Tours in 1944. Image via P Gandillet. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 G Tours? 1944.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 8959

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8959
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress.
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787) nicknamed "Cannon Ball". Handwritten caption on reverse: ' B-17 G-65-DL, 44-6787, Gen Cannon's.'

FRE 8952

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8952
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787) nicknamed "Cannon Ball". Handwritten caption on reverse: ' B-17 G-65-DL, 44-6787, Gen Cannon's.'
Ground personnel of the 308th Bomb Wing, 5th Air Force, shelter under the wings of a B-17 Flying Fortress owned by General George Kenney. Printed caption on reverse: '60794 AC- General George Kenneys' Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" on Yotan Airstrip, Okinawa, Ryukgu Retto. This picture was made when the commanding General of the Far Eastern Air Forces visited the 308th Bomb Wing- 7 July 1945. US Air Force Photo.'

FRE 8951

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8951
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 308th Bomb Wing, 5th Air Force, shelter under the wings of a B-17 Flying Fortress owned by General George Kenney. Printed...
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-59962) at Nicosia Airport, 1948. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nicosia Airport, September/ October 1948, USAAF Atlantic Div.'

FRE 8954

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8954
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-59962) at Nicosia Airport, 1948. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nicosia Airport, September/ October 1948...
A B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-94894) of the 490th Bomb Group, at Feltwell airfield on the 8 June 1944 after colliding with another aircraft (serial number 42-50294). Official caption on image: "ISAD - 8 June 44 - (1418) - (WPU - Collision, B-24H, 42-94894 And 50294, Feltwell) R.Z."

FRE 8573

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8573
  • Description: A B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-94894) of the 490th Bomb Group, at Feltwell airfield on the 8 June 1944 after colliding with another aircraft...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (AW-K) of 22 Squadron RAF, flies past Mount Poppa, Burma.

FRE 9176

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9176
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (AW-K) of 22 Squadron RAF, flies past Mount Poppa, Burma.
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-88566) of the Hawaii Air National Guard in flight with an F-86 Sabre (serial number 51-2784) and a T-33 Shooting Star.

FRE 9175

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9175
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-88566) of the Hawaii Air National Guard in flight with an F-86 Sabre (serial number 51-2784) and a T-33 Shooting...
An 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (8R-N) takes off from Halesworth airfield.

FRE 8571

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8571
  • Description: An 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (8R-N) takes off from Halesworth airfield.
A 490th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Devil's Step Child" before take-off from Eye airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '490th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

FRE 8576

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8576
  • Description: A 490th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Devil's Step Child" before take-off from Eye airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '490th B.G., 8th...
RAF ground personnel service the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt in Batavia, 1945. Printed caption on reverse: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (AIR MINISTRY) CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. RAF IN BATAVIA. RAF ground crews at Kemajoran airfield in Batavia service Thunderbolt aircraft in readiness for operations against the Indonesians in Sourabaya. CF 843. Left to right- Sergeant A Dennison of 12, Parkmount Garden, Thore Road, Belfast; Leading Aircraftman T Heron of Monkstown, Co. Antrim; Leading Aircraftman W. McCle

FRE 9180

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9180
  • Description: RAF ground personnel service the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt in Batavia, 1945. Printed caption on reverse: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (AIR MINISTRY...
Inside a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38112) of the 490th Bomb Group after suffering fire damage at Eye airfield on the 15th of November 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD - 15 Nov 44 - (3063) (W.P.U. Fire Damage, B-17G, 43-38112, Eye) R.Z."

FRE 8574

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8574
  • Description: Inside a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38112) of the 490th Bomb Group after suffering fire damage at Eye airfield on the 15th of November...