8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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A ground crewman of the 390th Bomb Group unloads a combat camera from a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Keystone Press.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for publication 27 Aug 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘281019.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'PHOTO MEN SERVE WITH FLYING FORTRESSES. When it comes to bombing, pictures tell the story. Skilled photographers serving with the U.S. 8th Air Force Flying Fortress Group are trained to get the pictures, process them and send prints and negatives to higher Headquarters - all on split-second schedule. Automatic cameras are installed in the Forts before take-off, each equipped with an intervalometer. Over the target the 'plane's radio operator merely flick a switch ... the camera does the rest, swapping consecutive shots at predetermined intervals. On return, photo men are on hand to meet the Forts. Films are rushed by Jeep to the Photo Laboratory, processed at high speed, then dispatched to Wing H by special courier. But mission shots are only ... of the photo section. It also handles everything from public relations and engineering to battle damage and identification pictures. This series of pictures shows the men of the Photo section of a Flying Fortress Group at work . U.S. Pool/F.KEYSTONE SG. Removing camera from plane.'
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
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08 September 2014 15:23:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |