FRE 11085

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An A-20 Havoc (6Q-V) of the 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group in flight carrying 500 pound wing mounted bombs. Handwritten caption on reverse: '647th BS, 410th BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A-20 Havoc. File No. BC. AEAF Pro-HQ-44-2353, USAAF Official Photo, 9th Air Force, 992 BC. A Ninth Air Force Bomber Base, England:...- Havoc With Wing Bombs Heads for Nazi Target ...- Ninth Air Force Bomber Command A-20 light bombers now carry increased bomb loads with two five hundred-pound bombs hung on wing racks, as seen in the above picture. The regular bomb load, besides the wing bombs, is carried in the bomb bay adding devastation to each Havoc bombing of German targets on the Western Front. Reproduction Platoon, 901st Engineer, AF HQ CO.' Second printed caption also attached to reverse obscured by first printed caption. On reverse: Sacred [Stamp].

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection (uploaded May/2023)