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Art Tourangeau

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A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31342) nicknamed "Boeing's Best". A Veteran has written on the reverse: 'My Crew Tourangeau 2nd from left, bottom row.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boeings Best.'

media-378996.jpg FRE 1130 A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31342) nicknamed "Boeing's Best". A Veteran has written on the reverse: 'My Crew Tourangeau 2nd from left, bottom row.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boeings Best.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1130 - A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31342) nicknamed "Boeing's Best". A Veteran has written on...

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:59

ContributorAAM

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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Art Tourangeau: Gallery (3 items)

Two airmen of the 305th Bomb group stand beneath an engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31342) nicknamed "Boeing's Best" with a missing propellor. A Veteran has written on reverse: 'Tourangeau left navigator Boeing's Best. Note! Missing fan.'

Object number: FRE 1129 - Two airmen of the 305th Bomb group stand beneath...

A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31342) nicknamed "Boeing's Best". A Veteran has written on the reverse: 'My Crew Tourangeau 2nd from left, bottom row.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boeings Best.'

Object number: FRE 1130 - A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B...

A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-31342) nicknamed "Boeing's Best". A Veteran has written on the reverse: 'Boeings Best with part of my crew, Toulangeau top row 1st on left.'

Object number: FRE 1134 - A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B...