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An underwing "drop tank" attached to a P-51 Mustang for additional fuel on long range missions. Passed for publication 28 Jun 1945. Censor no: 118758. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51 Long Range Fuel "Drop Tank".' Press printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: SHAEF Field Press Censor [Stamp].

FRE 10196

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10196
  • Description: An underwing "drop tank" attached to a P-51 Mustang for additional fuel on long range missions. Passed for publication 28 Jun 1945. Censor no: 118758...
A 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang ('5Y') nicknamed "Penny", flown by Colonel Howell, a fighter ace. Handwritten on slide casing: '364 F.G., Col. Howell. Ace.'

FRE 10786

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10786
  • Description: A 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang ('5Y') nicknamed "Penny", flown by Colonel Howell, a fighter ace. Handwritten on slide...
A 500 lb. GP ANM 64-type bomb used by the USAAF. Printed caption on reverse: 'D-57898 AC - 500lb. GP ANM 64 bomb. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

FRE 10195

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10195
  • Description: A 500 lb. GP ANM 64-type bomb used by the USAAF. Printed caption on reverse: 'D-57898 AC - 500lb. GP ANM 64 bomb. U.S. Air Force Photo.'
P-47 Thunderbolts (serial number 44-88576) and (serial number 44-88589) fly in formation above cloud.

FRE 9667

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9667
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts (serial number 44-88576) and (serial number 44-88589) fly in formation above cloud.
A P-61 Black Widow (serial number 42-39397) visiting an 8th Air Force base.

FRE 10392

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10392
  • Description: A P-61 Black Widow (serial number 42-39397) visiting an 8th Air Force base. 466th BG Historian Note: The base was Attlebridge. Note the T9 code on...
A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '452BG.'

FRE 10920

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10920
  • Description: A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '452BG.'
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-88467) in flight.

FRE 9668

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9668
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-88467) in flight.
A P-61C Black Widow (serial number 43-8353) parked outside the US Air Force Museum. Printed caption on reverse: 'P-61C (38353) Air Force Museum.'

FRE 10391

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10391
  • Description: A P-61C Black Widow (serial number 43-8353) parked outside the US Air Force Museum. Printed caption on reverse: 'P-61C (38353) Air Force Museum.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6883) nicknamed "RAF AFF" of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group after crash landing at Baldonnel 12 November 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'S/N 44-6883, after its mishap at Baldonnel 12.11.45. "RAF AAF", 381BG, 535BS.'

FRE 10919

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10919
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6883) nicknamed "RAF AFF" of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group after crash landing at Baldonnel 12...
P-47 Thunderbolts (95, serial number 42-75023), (82, serial number 42-74956), (serial number 42-74979) and (88) of the 325th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force fly in formation.

FRE 9669

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9669
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolts (95, serial number 42-75023), (82, serial number 42-74956), (serial number 42-74979) and (88) of the 325th Fighter Group, 15th Air...
Two 2,000lb. 'glide' high-explosive bombs on their way down to hit Cologne in Germany. Parts of both glide bombs have been censored. Official caption on image: "51910 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '51910 A.C. - U.S. 2,000 lb. glide H.E. bombs in flight toward Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: "Official U.S. Air Force Photo."'

FRE 10200

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10200
  • Description: Two 2,000lb. 'glide' high-explosive bombs on their way down to hit Cologne in Germany. Parts of both glide bombs have been censored. Official caption...
The brightly-painted 'assembly ship' B-17 Flying Fortress of the 379th Bomb Group on the 24th of July 1944. Official caption on image: "71524 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '379BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A-71524 A.C. - This gaily painted leadship is used at an 8th Air Force base somewhere in England to organize formations as Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 379th Bomb Group take off on missions over enemy territory. 24 July 1944. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

FRE 10918

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10918
  • Description: The brightly-painted 'assembly ship' B-17 Flying Fortress of the 379th Bomb Group on the 24th of July 1944. Official caption on image: "71524 A.C."...
One of several war-time murals painted at Horham airfield during the Second World War by 95th Bomb Group personnel, seen on the 23rd of October 1971. Handwritten on slide casing: 'Horham Airfield, 23rd October 1971.'

FRE 10790

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10790
  • Description: One of several war-time murals painted at Horham airfield during the Second World War by 95th Bomb Group personnel, seen on the 23rd of October 1971...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-9530) in flight.

FRE 9670

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9670
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-9530) in flight.
A rack of fragmentation anti-personnel bombs used by the USAAF. Printed caption on reverse: '57898 AC - Fragmentation cluster of bombs. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

FRE 10199

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10199
  • Description: A rack of fragmentation anti-personnel bombs used by the USAAF. Printed caption on reverse: '57898 AC - Fragmentation cluster of bombs. U.S. Air Force...
An air-dropped canister, pictured on the 2nd of March 1945, of propaganda leaflets dropped by the USAAF on the Germans and Japanese. Official caption on image: "...0-307-10-487)(3-2-45)(Leafl[caption obscured]B) Rest. 57897 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '57897 AC - England - Leaflet bomb used for dropping propaganda leaflets to the Germans and Japanese.'

FRE 10202

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10202
  • Description: An air-dropped canister, pictured on the 2nd of March 1945, of propaganda leaflets dropped by the USAAF on the Germans and Japanese. Official caption...
The nose art of a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Turd Burd". Printed caption on reverse: '71073 AC - Boeing B-17 "Turd Burd" of the 305th Bomb Group based in England. U.S. Air Force Photo.' On reverse: U.S. Air Force 1361st Photographic Squadron AAVS (MAC) Photo [Stamp].

FRE 10408

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10408
  • Description: The nose art of a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Turd Burd". Printed caption on reverse: '71073 AC - Boeing B-17 "Turd Burd" of the...
A USAAF 8th Air Force Reconnaissance Group aircraft bomb bay loaded with flash bombs. The aircraft was tasked to drop these bombs over Breteuil in France, where they would detonate in mid-air and illuminate the area for miles around. Official caption on image: "88456 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '88456 A.C. - England - The bomb bay, filled with flash bombs just before the take-off for a night reconnaissance mission over Breteuil, France, by Lt. Colonel Leon Gray's U.S. Eighth Air Force Reconnaissance

FRE 10203

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10203
  • Description: A USAAF 8th Air Force Reconnaissance Group aircraft bomb bay loaded with flash bombs. The aircraft was tasked to drop these bombs over Breteuil in...
The nose with art of a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama".

FRE 10409

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10409
  • Description: The nose with art of a 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama".
The modified bomb tail of a flash bomb designed to detonate in mid-air and illuminate the area below. Official caption on image: "Confidential , 134238." Handwritten caption on reverse: '83-16110.'

FRE 10204

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10204
  • Description: The modified bomb tail of a flash bomb designed to detonate in mid-air and illuminate the area below. Official caption on image: "Confidential...