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A crashed P-47D Thunderbolt (serial number 24-222546) of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 23 December 1943. Official caption on image: "(G.A.D.-17-2-122) (Dec-23-43) (A.C.# 42-222546 P-47D-2RA)."

FRE 2906

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2906
  • Description: A crashed P-47D Thunderbolt (serial number 24-222546) of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 23 December 1943. Official caption on image...
An airman of the 447th Bomb Group with the top turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 9 March 1944.' [stamp]. Printed caption attached to the reverse: Photo ref. no. 310419. "Greatest air raid of all time on Berlin. Associated Press photo shows: T/Sgt. Ansel Snook, 46 year old top turret gunner. He is believed to be the oldest gunner in the ETO." GLE265782. 9344EM. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9/3/44, 447 BG Ansel Snook.'

FRE 1771

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 1771
  • Description: An airman of the 447th Bomb Group with the top turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for...
Major Leroy H. Schreiber, of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Schreiber - Killed - Kiel.'

FRE 2517

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2517
  • Description: Major Leroy H. Schreiber, of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Schreiber - Killed - Kiel.'
Captain Virgil H. Durrance, Adjutant of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Capt. Virgil H. Durrance, Adjutant, 62nd Ftr. Sq. This was Lt.Col. Dave C. Schilling's affable and right-hand [illegible]. Virgil was a very quiet-soft spoken man - rated a adminstrative officer. A former school teacher who never smoke nor drank. In contrast to Schilling, Durrance was the complete opposite - that made [illegible - his ability and education. I don't ever remember him addr

FRE 2516

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2516
  • Description: Captain Virgil H. Durrance, Adjutant of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Capt. Virgil H. Durrance...
Flight Surgeon Captain Clifford J. Tichenor, of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Captain Clifford J. Tichenor - Flight Surgeon, 62nd Ftr. Sq. A very very capable Doctor, who possessed a fine sense of humor as well as mature judgement.'

FRE 2515

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2515
  • Description: Flight Surgeon Captain Clifford J. Tichenor, of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Captain Clifford J. Tichenor - Flight Surgeon...
Captain Lawrence J. Albrecht, Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Captain Lawrence J. Albrecht, 56th Ftr. Group. The Weather Officer. Always pleasant and even if his weather "Weegie Board" was off 50% of the time - so was every other weather forecaster's in England.'

FRE 2514

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 2514
  • Description: Captain Lawrence J. Albrecht, Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Captain Lawrence J. Albrecht, 56th Ftr...
A P-51 Mustang (L2-O) nicknamed "Boomerang Jr" of the of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight.

FRE 3213

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3213
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (L2-O) nicknamed "Boomerang Jr" of the of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight.
A P-38 Lightning of the 479th Fighter Group at Wendling, 5 August 1944. Handwritten on reverse: 'Visitor to Wendling [Bode]. P-38. D-Day stripes.' On reverse: John Bode [Stamp].

FRE 3214

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3214
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning of the 479th Fighter Group at Wendling, 5 August 1944. Handwritten on reverse: 'Visitor to Wendling [Bode]. P-38. D-Day stripes.' On...
Three pilots of the 354th Fighter Group at Boxted, January 1944. Left to right they are: Major James H. Howard, Major George R. Bickell and Major Owen Seaman.

FRE 393

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 393
  • Description: Three pilots of the 354th Fighter Group at Boxted, January 1944. Left to right they are: Major James H. Howard, Major George R. Bickell and Major Owen...
Workmen repair broken windows on a building in Wattisham, damaged in explosion with an aircraft of the 479th Fighter Group, July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Wattisham, June 1944, 479th F.G. Damage being fixed as a result when our plane exploded.'

FRE 3215

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3215
  • Description: Workmen repair broken windows on a building in Wattisham, damaged in explosion with an aircraft of the 479th Fighter Group, June 1944. Handwritten...
The 345th Fighter Squadron's dispersal area at Wattisham, home of the 479th Fighter Group, June 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '6-45 X. 434th F. Sqdn. dispersal. Wattisham.'

FRE 3216

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3216
  • Description: The 345th Fighter Squadron's dispersal area at Wattisham, home of the 479th Fighter Group, June 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '6-45 X. 434th F...
P-51 Mustangs of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group behind stacks of fuel drop tanks at Wattisham, 1945.

FRE 3217

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3217
  • Description: P-51 Mustangs of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group behind stacks of fuel drop tanks at Wattisham, 1945.
A P-51 Mustang (J2-O) nicknamed "V for Val" ofthe 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Via Theo Bennett.'

FRE 3218

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3218
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (J2-O) nicknamed "V for Val" ofthe 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Via Theo Bennett.'
A P-51 Mustang (J2-O) nicknamed "V for Val" of the 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '435th F.S., 479th F.G., 8th Air Force.'

FRE 3219

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3219
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (J2-O) nicknamed "V for Val" of the 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '435th F.S...
A P-38 Lightning of the 479th Fighter Group takes off.

FRE 3220

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3220
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning of the 479th Fighter Group takes off.
Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang at Honington, 13 April 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71951 A.C. - Men of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, salvage useable parts from a wrecked North American P-51 (A/C 44-15726) at their U.S. Air Force Station F-375, Honington, England. 13 April 1945.'

FRE 3211

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3211
  • Description: Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang at Honington, 13 April 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71951 A.C. - Men of...
A P-51 Mustang (L2-R) of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '434th F.S., 479th F.G., 8th Air Force. Photo: R. Kline.'

FRE 3212

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3212
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (L2-R) of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '434th F.S., 479th F.G., 8th Air...
General Ira C Eaker, Gerneral Curtis LeMay and Gernal Arnold with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3154) of the 379th Bomb Group during an official visit. Passed for publication 3 Sep 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Eaker, Arnold, LeMay centre.' Printed caption on reverse: 'American Air Forces G.O.C. Meets The "Boys". General Arnold, Chief of the American Air Force, who arrived in this country yesterday, today paid a visit to a bomber station where he met members of the crews of some of the

FRE 4755

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 4755
  • Description: General Ira C Eaker, Gerneral Curtis LeMay and Gernal Arnold with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3154) of the 379th Bomb Group during an...
Lieutenant Arthur W. Mack of the 379th Bomb Group eaxmines the top turret on his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Four Leaf Clover", 11 January 1944. Passed for publication 12 Jan 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'Fortress Returns From Toughest Day Raid "Raked From Tail To Nose". Some of the fiercest air battles of the war were fought yesterday, January 11, when Fortresses and Liberators attacked vital targets in North-West Germany in great strength. Swarms of fighters came up to challenge them, the defen

FRE 4756

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 4756
  • Description: Lieutenant Arthur W. Mack of the 306th Bomb Group eaxmines the top turret on his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Four Leaf Clover", 11 January 1944...
B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", nicknamed "Bermondsley Battler", nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and nicknamed "Bermondsley" of the 379th Bomb Group, 15 February 1944. Passed for publication 16 Feb 1944. Censor no: 305411. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.' Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "

FRE 4753

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 4753
  • Description: B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", "Bermondsey Battler", "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and "Bermondsey", 16 February 1944. Passed for...