media-379034.jpg FRE 1168 A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group stand beneath the wing of their B-17 Flying Fortress.

Printed caption on reverse: 'THE DEFENSIVE POWER OF FLYING FORTRESSES. The extremely heavy defense of the Flying Fortresses has enabled them to fight their way through to targets like Huls and Kiel in the face of the most intensive fighter opposition aerial warfare has ever seen. The result of these and other encounters has been the destruction of more than 1100 enemy aircraft. Formations of Flying Fortresses have an average of 12 1/2 .50 calibre machine guns per plane (which can be manned simultaneously by the usual crew of ten.) 27048. A crew of a Flying Fortress, Pilot F/L Frank N. Kacksetter of Denver, Colorado. Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Lester R. Kramer of Scranton Pennsilvania , Navigator Lt. Luther S. Pierce of Fairhaven Massachusetts. Bomb. 2nd Lt Stanley R Stedt of Stockholm, Main. Tec. Sergt. William W. Fahrenhold of McKees Rocks, Penn., Tec. Sergt Raymond T. Stymacks of Bronx, N.York. Ball Turret Gunner. Tec. Sergt. Robert L Myllykoski of Painsville, Ohio. Left waist gunner Staff Sergt John H. Jessup Union City, Indianna. Right Waist Gunner Staff Sergt. Louis A. Skinner, Independence, Kansas. Tail Gunner Staff Sergt. Milton B. Edwards, Laurel, Maryland S.& G. G.C'

Image stamped on reverse: 'Sport and General.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 9 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273722.'[photo bureau no.] Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection