FRE 1062

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Private Melvin A. Renwall, of the 303rd Bomb Group, serves Coca Cola's at the Officers Club bar. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238751.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '34a. Serving highballs in the Officers Club at the British Airfield, where he is stationed, is Pt. Melvin A. Renwall, of 1752 N. Long Ave Chicago. His mother lives at this address. Aged 24, Pt. Renwall was a teller at the Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank. He told the cameraman that when he arrived at the airfield, one of the first men he met was a pilot, Captain William N. Frost, whom he had often seen in the bank back home.'

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Units

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Second Lieutenant Robert L. Mays and Captain William N. Frost, both of the 303rd Bomb Group, play a game in the officers club. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238752.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '35A and 35A. Playing shove ha'penny in the officers club at the British airfield where they are stationed are (standing) 2nd Lt. Robert L. Mays (2nd Pilot) AND (stooping) Captain William N. Fleet (pilot).
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-405047
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection