media-401174.jpg FRE 2422 Captain Robert Maloney of the 55th Fighter Group, points to a hole in the wing of his P-51 Mustang caused by colliding with a German telegraph pole. Printed caption on reverse is damaged: 'USSTAF Photo - 8th AF. Pro-HQ-'45. 216. Result Of A Tangle With A German Telegraph Pole ...- Captain Robert Maloney... 830 South Colorado Street, Butte, Mont., points to a hole in the wing... Eighth Air Force P-51 Mustang torn by a German telegraph pole. Captain... ran into the pole while strafing a military train north of Ulm which... rushing equipment to the western front February 17th. The captain ...55th Fighter Group flight stopped the train. Certified as having been passed by SHAEF censor no. 158.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '38th FS.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection