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Emblem, 494th Fighter Squadron. Approved for use when the unit was designated the 57th Bomb Squadron, 22 August 1942.

FRE 5006

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5006
  • Description: Emblem, 494th Fighter Squadron. Approved for use when the unit was designated the 57th Bomb Squadron, 22 August 1942. Upon and over a blue disc a...
Emblem, 493rd Fighter Squadron, approved for use when the unit was designated the 56th Bomb Squadron, 24 December 1941

FRE 5005

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5005
  • Description: Emblem, 493rd Fighter Squadron, approved for use when the unit was designated the 56th Bomb Squadron, 24 December 1941 A yellow aerial bomb with nose...
Wartime emblem, 48th Fighter Group, approved 12 January 1942.

FRE 5004

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5004
  • Description: Wartime emblem, 48th Fighter Group, approved 12 January 1942. Shield: Argent, on a pale engrailed azure a dexter hand couped at the wrist grasping a...
Emblem, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, approved 28 October 1943.

FRE 5003

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5003
  • Description: Emblem, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, approved 28 October 1943.
Emblem, 23rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, approved 23 September 1943.

FRE 5002

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5002
  • Description: Emblem, 23rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, approved 23 September 1943.
Emblem, 22nd Fighter Squadron designed by Walt Disney Productions and approved 27 June 1945.

FRE 5001

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5001
  • Description: Emblem, 22nd Fighter Squadron designed by Walt Disney Productions and approved 27 June 1945.
An airman of the 398th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 6529

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6529
  • Description: An airman of the 398th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress.
An airman of the 398th Bomb Group working in the waist of a B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 6528

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6528
  • Description: An airman of the 398th Bomb Group working in the waist of a B-17 Flying Fortress.
Two airmen of the 398th Bomb Group.

FRE 6530

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6530
  • Description: Robert Welty (right) and an airman of the 398th Bomb Group.
Two airmen of the 398th Bomb Group.

FRE 6525

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6525
  • Description: Two airmen of the 398th Bomb Group.
The tail of a B-17 Flying Fotress of the 398th Bomb Group at sunset.

FRE 6524

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6524
  • Description: The tail of a B-17 Flying Fotress of the 398th Bomb Group at sunset.
Two airmen of the 398th Bomb Group.

FRE 6527

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6527
  • Description: Two airmen of the 398th Bomb Group.
A pilot of the 398th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 6526

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6526
  • Description: A pilot of the 398th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress.
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission.

FRE 6521

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6521
  • Description: B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission.
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission.

FRE 6523

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6523
  • Description: B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission.
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission.

FRE 6522

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6522
  • Description: B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission.
Chilbolton airfield, home of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group, photographed from the air. September 1944. Image via George Kammermeyer. CG-4A gliders can be seen lined up to the top left of the image, and C-47 Skytrains are lined up in the bottom right hand corner.

FRE 7670

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7670
  • Description: Chilbolton airfield, home of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group, photographed from the air. September 1944. Image via George Kammermeyer. CG-4A gliders can...
CG-4A gliders of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group lined up at Chilbolton in preparation for their next mission, September 1944. Image via George Kammermeyer.

FRE 7669

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7669
  • Description: CG-4A gliders of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group lined up at Chilbolton in preparation for their next mission, September 1944. Image via George...
A C-47 Skytrain (I7-T, serial number 42-92879) of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group at Mount Farm, 1944. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group .

FRE 7668

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7668
  • Description: A C-47 Skytrain (I7-T, serial number 42-92879) of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group at Mount Farm, 1944. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic...
C-47 Skytrains of the 441st Troop Carrier Group fly in formation over Italy. Image via Ira LaTour.

FRE 7667

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7667
  • Description: C-47 Skytrains of the 441st Troop Carrier Group fly in formation over Italy. Image via Ira LaTour.