FRE 10440

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Bombs to be loaded aboard a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress are inspected and hauled by a ground crew team. Passed for publication 4 Jul 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A U.S. Flying Fortress Station In Britain. Keystone Photo Shows:- Scenes at an American Flying Fortresses station in Britain showing huge bombs being unloaded from trucks and bombing up of planes. U.S. Pool/S.G./F.Keystone.' Censor no: 272744. On reverse: Keystone Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

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Units

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Date:
ContributorPaul Bellamy
ChangesChanges to unit associations and place associations
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Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection