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IMAGE![Chaplain Adrian Poletti of the 303rd Bomb Group prepares the Altar for Mass inside the station Chapel.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245678.' [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: 'Preparing for Mass at the American Army Camp in Britain is Chaplain Adrian M Poletti of 203 Oak Street Weehawken , N J. Chaplain Poletti, who is 35 years of age, was formerly at St Michaels School, Union City. His parents reside](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378804.jpg.webp?itok=npqp8Gjg)
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Chaplain Adrian Poletti of the 306th Bomb Group prepares the Altar for Mass inside the station Chapel at Thurleigh. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245678.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Preparing for Mass at the American Army Camp in Britain is Chaplain Adrian M Poletti of 203 Oak Street Weehawken , N J. Chaplain Poletti, who is 35 years of age, was formerly at St Michaels School, Union City. His parents reside at 203 Oak St, Weehawken. He sends them all this message- "Everything going swell. Enjoying my work and putting on weight".'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Chaplain Adrian Poletti of the 303rd Bomb Group prepares the Altar for Mass inside the station Chapel.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245678.' [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: 'Preparing for Mass at the American Army Camp in Britain is Chaplain Adrian M Poletti of 203 Oak Street Weehawken , N J. Chaplain Poletti, who is 35 years of age, was formerly at St Michaels School, Union City. His parents reside](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378804.jpg.webp?itok=3AySGLWe)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 39th Service Group 4th Station Complement Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-443860
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Chaplain
Revisions
Changed group from 303rd to 306th Bomb Group. This image was intially filed with images from the 303rd Bomb Group by Roger Freeman, and is part of a series of Current Affairs Photos of airmen from 303rd and 306th BG personnel
There are documents and photos pertaining to Poletti and his service in the < href="http://www.306bg.org/PDFcorres/p/poletti_adrian.pdf"> 306th BG archives