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Sergeant Frank W Maurino of the 303rd Bomb Group receives a letter from home during a tea break. Image stamped on reverse:' Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245668.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '"I'm sure it wont be long before we march down Fifth Avenue", says Sergeant Frank W Maurino, 1334 W 6th Street, Brooklyn NY, as he reads a letter from home and drinks a mug of tea to keep him warm at an American Army Air Force station somewhere in England. Aged 26, Sgt Maurino was educated at Brooklyn College and was a correspondent with Cluett-Peabody, 2 Park Ave NYC before joining the Air Force. He wants his parents, and his girl friend Lucille Lightcap, 1746 East 24th St Brooklyn to know that: "There's nothing like the Air Corps life. We live clean, eat well, and are in as good a country as anybody on foreign service could wish for."'

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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

Sergeant Frank W Maurino of the 303rd Bomb Group receives a letter from home during a tea break. Image stamped on reverse:' Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245668.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '"I'm sure it wont be long before we march down Fifth Avenue", says Sergeant Frank W Maurino, 1334 W 6th Street, Brooklyn NY, as he reads a letter from home and drinks a mug of tea to keep him warm at an American Army Air Force station somewher
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32219964
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: G/P

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection