FRE 9495

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Two waist gunners of the 92nd Bomb Group in position inside their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Photopress.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 5 Sept 1942.' [stamp] and '219978.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE FLYING FORTRESS. The rapid training of "Fortress" Bomber crews is now being undertaken in England and hundreds of American pilots, air-gunners, navigators and bomb-aimers are receiving their final operational training on Flying Fortresses now operating from English counties. Picture shows- Two air gunners from USA on a training flight with their very heavy calibre machine-guns practising at repelling attack by pursuit planes. Photopress.'

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection