Ground personnel of the 27th Air Transport Group clear snow off a C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-48257). Image stamped on reverse: 'Fox photos.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Jan 1945.' [stamp] and '384031.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'CLEARING SNOW BEFORE Extra work entailed at a Southern England aerodrome by the Americans, after a heavy fall of snow. Runways had to be cleared, and the snow swept off the transport planes before they took off. Photograph shows- Sweeping the snow off the transport planes before they took off.'