Kettering

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Kettering market, photographed by an airman of the 401st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Kettering Market 1944.' media-395373.jpg FRE 6546 Kettering market, photographed by an airman of the 401st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Kettering Market 1944.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6546 - Kettering market, photographed by an airman of the 401st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Kettering Market 1944.'

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Kettering is a market town in Northamptonshire. It was located close to a number of USAAF bases and military sites in the area, notably Grafton Underwood and Harrington, and experienced a large influx of American personnel during the Second World War.

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Created other location record for Kettering to distinguish it from the military site at Boughton Hall (Kettering), associating images depicting the town. Further information from Project Kettering: American Arrivals written by Kettering Museum and Art Gallery

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