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Men of the 78th Fighter Group sit gathered around a jeep. Behind them on the hardstanding at Duxford air base is a P-51D Mustang (WZ-I, serial no. 44-72218). This aircraft, bearing the nose art 'Big Beautiful Doll', was flown by Colonel John D Landers, Officer Commanding 78th Fighter Group, 8th USAAF. 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 268
  • Description: Men of the 78th Fighter Group sit gathered around a jeep. Behind them on the hardstanding at Duxford air base is a P-51D Mustang (WZ-I, serial no. 44...
Major Jesse C. Davis of the 78th Fighter Group, with a local young girl on his knee, at Duxford air base. 1943-1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 266
  • Description: Major Jesse C. Davis of the 78th Fighter Group, with a local young girl on his knee, at Duxford air base. 1943-1945.
Armorers of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at work maintaining machine guns, at Duxford air base. 1943-1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 267
  • Description: Armorers of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at work maintaining machine guns, at Duxford air base. 1943-1945.
Gun cameramen of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, at Debden air base. On the left is Staff Sergeant Ray Mayorga and on the right is Sergeant John Husselman.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 35
  • Description: Gun cameramen of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, at Debden air base. On the left is Staff Sergeant Ray Mayorga and on the right is...
The Flying Eagles Orchestra Band off on a 30 day tour of Eighth Air Force bases after VE Day. Taken 10 July 1945. The string bassist is Sergeant Frank M. Nowak, a radio repairman with the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, from Buffalo, New York.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 40
  • Description: The Flying Eagles Orchestra Band off on a 30 day tour of Eighth Air Force bases after VE Day. Taken 10 July 1945. The string bassist is Sergeant Frank...
General Devers inspects American airmen of the 4th Fighter Group, at Debden air base. Passed for publication 17 June 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Mr. Winant and Gen. Devers visit U.S. airfields in Britain. Mr. J.G. Winant, the American Ambassador in Britain and Lt. Gen. Devers, Commanding General of U.S. Forces in the ETO visited recently U.S. airfields in Britain. They saw the briefing of crews, Flying Fortresses and Thunderbolts in flight and they inspected the crews.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 38
  • Description: General Devers inspects American airmen of the 4th Fighter Group, at Debden air base. Passed for publication 17 June 1943. Printed caption attached to...
Two American personnel sit in a modified P-51B Mustang. A third, in overalls, stands on the wing. Probably 4th Fighter Group at Debden air base.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 37
  • Description: Two American personnel sit in a modified P-51B Mustang. A third, in overalls, stands on the wing. Probably 4th Fighter Group at Debden air base.
Pilots' Room, an addition to the 334th Fighter Squadron's line shack, at Debden air base, home of the 4th Fighter Group.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 36
  • Description: Pilots' Room, an addition to the 334th Fighter Squadron's line shack, at Debden air base, home of the 4th Fighter Group.
Burial of Lieutenant Patrick M. Williams, pilot of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, in Belgium, 2 June 1943.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 213
  • Description: Burial of Lieutenant Patrick M. Williams, pilot of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, in Belgium, 2 June 1943.
Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group discuss route for a prospective sweep at Horsham St. Faith air base. Passed for publication 20 May 1943. Intelligence Officer David W. Robinson, in shirt sleeves, stands behind the group. Printed caption attached to print: 'A Match for the Nazi - F.W. 190 - the "Thunderbolt" New American High-Altitude Fighter. The latest Amerian single-seater fighter, the Republic P.47, known as the "Thunderbolt" has been in operation from British bases for some time. The largest and heavi
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 212
  • Description: Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group discuss route for a prospective sweep at Horsham St. Faith air base. Passed for publication 20 May 1943. Intelligence...
Flight-Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group and Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum. Passed for publication on 29 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon is combination family physician, foster-father and chaplain. One of the "ace" flight-surgeons in the European Theatre of Operations in Captain George R. Hornig, 32, of Glen Head, Long Island, New York, a combination of family physician, foster-father and chaplain to the pilots, he "look
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 214
  • Description: Flight-Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group and Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum. Passed for publication on 29...
Ground crew service a 62nd Fighter Squadron P-47D Thunderbolt at Halesworth air base, home of the 56th Fighter Group, winter 1943.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 204
  • Description: Ground crew service a 62nd Fighter Squadron P-47D Thunderbolt at Halesworth air base, home of the 56th Fighter Group, winter 1943.
P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, climbs out of a P-47 Thunderbolt cockpit.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 205
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, climbs out of a P-47 Thunderbolt...
Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling, an ace P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 56th Fighter Group, holds an adapted hand gun. Schilling was Commanding Officer of the 56th FG between 12 August 1944 and 27 January 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 202
  • Description: Major David C. Schilling, an ace P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 56th Fighter Group, holds a heavily modified 1911 pistol. The addition of a forward...
Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 203
  • Description: Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".
Captain Frederick J. Christensen, P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 200
  • Description: Captain Frederick J. Christensen, P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Printed caption attached to print: "Good Hunting" for Thunderbolt squadron. There was "good hunting" over northwest Germany Friday for one Eighth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt squadron. Flying escort for the U.S. heavy bombers, the group's kill totaled twenty-six German fighter planes down. Associated Press photo shows: F/O F.W. Klibbe shows how he downed his first enemy plane after his first flight on a comba
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 201
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Printed caption attached to print: "Good Hunting"...
P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Captain Townsend S. Parsons and Crew Chief Sergeant Carl C. Conner of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group at Boxted air base, late summer of 1944. They are standing on the wing of their P-47 Thunderbolt (LM-C, serial number 42-28806), named "Barbara Bee".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 210
  • Description: P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Captain Townsend S. Parsons and Crew Chief Sergeant Carl C. Conner of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group at Boxted...
Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Boles?aw Micha? G?adych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 209
  • Description: Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at...
Ground crew man at work on P-47D (HV-S, serial number 42-28382), named "Old Cock III", of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 207
  • Description: Ground crew man at work on P-47D (HV-S, serial number 42-28382), named "Old Cock III", of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.