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A Royal Mail postal van in Oxford.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.Written on slide caing: 'Royal Mail, Oxford.'

FRE 14739

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14739
  • Description: A Royal Mail postal van in Oxford. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide caing: 'Royal Mail, Oxford.'
Two airman boating on the River Thames in Oxford.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.Written on slide casing: 'Oxford.'

FRE 14736

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14736
  • Description: Two airman boating on the River Thames in Oxford. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Oxford.'
A windmill in Oxfordshire.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14640

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14640
  • Description: A windmill in Oxfordshire. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
A Church and graveyard.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14710

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14710
  • Description: A Church and graveyard. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
A thatched cottage in Oxfordshire.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14659

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14659
  • Description: A thatched cottage in Oxfordshire. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
A thatched cottage and gardens.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14658

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14658
  • Description: A thatched cottage and gardens. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
Cambridge University Library, Cambridge.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14720

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14720
  • Description: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
The Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14704

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14704
  • Description: The Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
A Parish Church.Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

FRE 14637

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14637
  • Description: A Parish Church. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
Steeple Morden, home of the 335th Fighter Group.

FRE 6297

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 6297
  • Description: Steeple Morden, home of the 335th Fighter Group. Looking East along Litlington Road. Photograph is mirrored.
A Tudor cottage and Church in Rattlesden, near the base of the 447th Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'

FRE 10645

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10645
  • Description: A Tudor cottage and Church in Rattlesden, near the base of the 447th Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
Rattlesden, home of the 448th Bomb Group, post war.Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'

FRE 12771

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 12771
  • Description: Rattlesden, home of the 448th Bomb Group, post war. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
A Church in Rattlesden, near the base of the 447th Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'

FRE 10658

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10658
  • Description: A Church in Rattlesden, near the base of the 447th Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Rattlesden.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group in flight with a flak damaged wing during a mission over Gelsenkirchen, 5 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/11/43 A. Gelsenkirchen.'

FRE 14372

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14372
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (identified as Virgin's Delight 42-3352) of the 94th Bomb Group in flight with a damage caused by bombs dropping from a higher...
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) of the 96th Bomb Group releases bombs during a mission.

FRE 3984

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 3984
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 96th Bomb Group releases bombs during a mission.
A crashed B-26 Marauder (AN-J, serial number 41-31585) nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 553rd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group, 23 June 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '26Q. 147, MJ-FB.' Second handwritten on reverse: 'P-38, BW.' Printed caption on reverse: '70020 AC - The Martin B-26 "Blazing Heat" of the 386th Bomb Group balances on its nose after making a crash landing at the base in Great Dunmow, Essex, England on 23 June 1944.' On reverse: U.S. Air Force 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Aud

FRE 7837

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7837
  • Description: A crashed B-26 Marauder (AN-J, serial number 41-31585) nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 553rd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group, 23 June 1944...
A damaged B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ICM/Credit Roger V. Lovelace.'

FRE 7784

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7784
  • Description: A damaged B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Blazing Heat" of the 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ICM/Credit Roger V. Lovelace.'
A B-26 Marauder (WT-Q, serial number 41-34963) of the 456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group crashes with a burning engine during a raid on Amsterdam-Schipol airdrome, Holland, 13 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '71. WT-Q, 134963, 13/11/43.' Printed caption on reverse: '27447 AC - Hit by flak, this 8th Air Force Marauder has had one win shot away, and tailing smoke from a burning motor, plunges towards the earth. It was the only Marauder lost in the raid on the Amsterdam-Schipol airdrome, Ho

FRE 4686

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 4686
  • Description: Martin B-26 Marauder (WT-Q, serial number 41-34963 "Bugs Bunny") of the 456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group crashes with a burning engine during a...
Personnel of the 381st Bomb Group transfer an injured airman into a waiting ambulance from their B-17Flying Fortress after a mission. Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 March 1944.' [stamp] an

FRE 14282

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 14282
  • Description: Personnel of the 381st Bomb Group transfer an injured waist gunner into a waiting ambulance from their B-17 after a mission. The image was passed...
A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch

FRE 868

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 868
  • Description: A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant...