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An air-to-air photograph of a 576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (CI-O). Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G.[sic], 8th Air Force.'

FRE 8498

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8498
  • Description: An air-to-air photograph of a 576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (CI-O). Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G.[sic], 8th Air...
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Unstable Mabel" of the 389th Bomb Group.

FRE 7885

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7885
  • Description: The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Unstable Mabel" of the 389th Bomb Group.
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Unstable Mabel" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389. Roger.'

FRE 7886

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7886
  • Description: The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Unstable Mabel" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389. Roger.'
One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of the eleven Zodiac signs, painted on 486th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators. In this photograph is the B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Scorpio", named after the sign. [See http://www.486th.org/Photos/AC1/Zodiac4.htm]

FRE 8490

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8490
  • Description: One of the nose arts by Phil Brinkman, of one of the eleven Zodiac signs, painted on 486th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators. In this photograph is the B-24...
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401. Unknown. C2. '

FRE 8092

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8092
  • Description: The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401. Unknown. C2. '
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Delectable Doris" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389. Roger.' Handwritten on reverse of slide casing: 'B-24, 389th B.G.'

FRE 7887

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7887
  • Description: The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Delectable Doris" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389. Roger.' Handwritten on...
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lady Jane" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401st, Deenethorpe. 13.17G. 401. Mike Bailey.' On reverse: Property of Chaz Bowyer [Stamp].

FRE 8091

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8091
  • Description: The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lady Jane" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401st, Deenethorpe. 13.17G. 401...
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Delectable Doris" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten on reverse of slide: '389? Romack.'

FRE 7888

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7888
  • Description: The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Delectable Doris" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten on reverse of slide: '389? Romack.'
French prisoners of war await transport home in a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97931) nicknamed "Madame Queen" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'French POW's flown back to France after war. IN-Q then IW-A "Madame Queen".'

FRE 8094

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8094
  • Description: French prisoners of war await transport home in a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97931) nicknamed "Madame Queen" of the 401st Bomb Group...
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Old Blister Butt" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389BG, Romack. 389th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

FRE 7889

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7889
  • Description: The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Old Blister Butt" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389BG, Romack. 389th B.G., 8th...
Penrose Reagan of the 401st Bomb Group playing Sergeant Jim Braddock in the film 'The Last Chance' (1945). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Penrose Reagan as Ray Reagan in 'The Last Chance'.'

FRE 8093

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8093
  • Description: Penrose Reagan of the 401st Bomb Group playing Sergeant Jim Braddock in the film 'The Last Chance' (1945). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Penrose...
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (HP-S_) nicknamed "Heavy Date" of the 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389BG? 567BS, Bar-S:HP. 389th BG.'

FRE 7890

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7890
  • Description: The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (HP-S_) nicknamed "Heavy Date" of the 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '389BG...
A ground crewman of the 401st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31983). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C5.'

FRE 8096

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8096
  • Description: A ground crewman of the 401st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31983). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C5.'
An injured gunner of the 401st Bomb Group walks away from his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" after a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Mary Alice - gunner hit in ear. 401.'

FRE 8095

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8095
  • Description: Charles Wilson, an injured gunner, of the 401st Bomb Group walks away from his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" after a mission...
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group takes off in a ploughed field with the assistance of wing mounted rockets. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-57236 AC - It's up ...- after rolling only 372 feet, half the distance it would take without the 12 rockets mounted beneath the wings. This Boeing B-17 had originally been forced, because of flak damage over enemy territory, to land on a small ploughed English field with fences and trees offering extreme danger to the pilot. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

FRE 8098

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8098
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group takes off in a ploughed field with the assistance of wing mounted rockets. A salvaged tail fin from an...
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

FRE 8097

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8097
  • Description: Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse...
Personnel of the 401st Bomb Group watch a B-17 Flying Fortress land at Deenethorpe. Handwritten caption on reverse: '17V.' Printed caption on reverse: '65533 AC - Men of the 401st Bomb Group watching a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" landing at an 8th Air Force Base in England. 26 September 1944. U.S. Air Force Photo.' On reverse: US Air Force 1361st Photographic Squadron AAVS (MAC) [Stamp].

FRE 8100

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8100
  • Description: Personnel of the 401st Bomb Group watch a B-17 Flying Fortress land at Deenethorpe. Handwritten caption on reverse: '17V.' Printed caption on reverse...
B-17 Flying Fortresses (IN-J) and(IN-D) of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group in flight over England, 12 April 1945. A censor has obscured the aircraft serial numbers. Printed caption on reverse: '65606 AC - Two Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 401st Bomb Goup in flight over England, 12 April 1945.'

FRE 8099

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8099
  • Description: B-17 Flying Fortresses (IN-J) and(IN-D) of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group in flight over England, 12 April 1945. A censor has obscured the...
The assembly ship of the 466th Bomb Group, a B-24 Liberator (T9-Q, serial number 42-4109WW) formerly attached to the 784th Bomb Squadron. Photographed with the aircraft are John Jennison, a crew member of the aircraft, and a USO troupe.

FRE 8481

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8481
  • Description: The assembly ship of the 466th Bomb Group, a B-24 Liberator (T9-Q, serial number 42-4109WW) formerly attached to the 784th Bomb Squadron. Photographed...
A radar image that the path-finding B-24 Liberators would have used to guide their formation and the main bomber formations following them to their targets. Handwritten caption on reverse: '307A. 401st H2X Techniques.'

FRE 8482

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8482
  • Description: A radar image that the path-finding B-24 Liberators would have used to guide their formation and the main bomber formations following them to their...