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Ground crew of the 56th Fighter Group work on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. February 1945.

FRE 244

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 244
  • Description: Ground crew of the 56th Fighter Group work on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. February 1945.
Ground crew of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, test the radio equipment of P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-S, serial number 42-28382), known as "Ole Cock III", at Boxted air base. November 1944.

FRE 242

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 242
  • Description: Ground crew of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, test the radio equipment of P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-S, serial number 42-28382), known as...
Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group mark up the route to be taken by P-47 Thunderbolt fighters escorting B-17 Flying Fortresses on a bombing mission to Hamburg. This map was pinned up in the briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at Boxted air base where the Group were stationed between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

FRE 243

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 243
  • Description: Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group mark up the route to be taken by P-47 Thunderbolt fighters escorting B-17 Flying Fortresses on a bombing mission...
Briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at one of the air bases they were stationed at in England. N.d.

FRE 241

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 241
  • Description: Briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at one of the air bases they were stationed at in England. N.d.
Four ground crew demonstrate the different jobs that an aircraft's ground crew had to perform. One stands in the cockpit with radio equipment, another rubs down the barrels of one of the machine guns, another peers at the edge of the engine cowling and the fourth kneels beside the fuel drop tank. This was probably taken at Halesworth (Holton) air base where the 56th Fighter Group were based between 8 July 1943 and 18 April 1944. The P-47 Thunderbolt is one of the 61st Fighter Squadron's, marked with the c

FRE 254

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 254
  • Description: Four ground crew demonstrate the different jobs that an aircraft's ground crew had to perform. One stands in the cockpit with radio equipment, another...
Ground crew members stands beside P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. This aircraft (UN-P, 42-25721) was lost on 6 July 1944 and its pilot, Second Lieutenant Samuel J. Lowman Jr, was killed in action. See Missing Air Crew Report 6700. Passed for publication 30 Jan 1945.

FRE 234

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 234
  • Description: Ground crew members stands beside P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. This aircraft (UN-P, 42-25721...
Lieutenant Albert P. "Pat" Knafelz and Crew Chief Boehler of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with their P-47 Thunderbolt. N.d.

FRE 235

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 235
  • Description: Lieutenant Albert P. "Pat" Knafelz and Crew Chief Boehler of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with their P-47 Thunderbolt. N.d.
No. 2 Hangar at Boxted air base where the 56th Fighter Group were based between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

FRE 240

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 240
  • Description: No. 2 Hangar at Boxted air base where the 56th Fighter Group were based between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.
Local residents, mostly women and children, visit Fowlmere air base where the 339th Fighter Group were stationed. Some of them clamber on P-51 Mustang (6N-C, serial number 44-72437), known as "Pauline". 1944 -1945.

FRE 314

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 314
  • Description: Local residents, mostly women and children, visit Fowlmere air base where the 339th Fighter Group were stationed. Some of them clamber on P-51 Mustang...
Three hours before the mission briefing, Captain Alexander F. "Stormy" Sadowski, Staff Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group is shown the route that the Thunderbolt pilots will take on the mission by Captain Lucian Dade in the Operations Room, 1944-1945.

FRE 251

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 251
  • Description: Three hours before the mission briefing, Captain Alexander F. "Stormy" Sadowski, Staff Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group is shown the route...
No. 183 Mobile Training Unit of the Army Air Force Western Technical Training Command, part of the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command, parked up in the snow in front of one of the hangars at Duxford air base. Men of the 78th Fighter Group stand beside the vehicle. 1943-1945.

FRE 287

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 287
  • Description: No. 183 Mobile Training Unit of the Army Air Force Western Technical Training Command, part of the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command, parked up in...
Captain Alexander F. "Stormy" Sadowski, Staff Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group, points out to Thunderbolt pilots the large-scale weather features on the latest weather map of Europe, pinned up over part of the wall map in the briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group, ahead of a mission, 1944-1945.

FRE 250

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 250
  • Description: Captain Alexander F. "Stormy" Sadowski, Staff Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group, points out to Thunderbolt pilots the large-scale weather...
From the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt, Captain Walker M. Mahurin greets Glen D. Shiltz, another pilot with the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

FRE 229

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 229
  • Description: From the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt, Captain Walker M. Mahurin greets Glen D. Shiltz, another pilot with the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter...
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, ace pilot of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stands with the ground crew who keep his P-47 Thunderbolt in fit shape for combat. They are, from left to right, Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Ralph H. Safford, Assistant Crew Chief Corporal Felix Schacki and armorer Sergeant Joe Di Franza. Printed caption on reverse of print: '53456 AC - Col. Gabreski poses with his ground crew for a picture just after returning from a mission over France. The Col. is commandi

FRE 228

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 228
  • Description: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, ace pilot of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stands with the ground crew who keep his P-47...
Captain Alexander F. "Stormy" Sadowski, Staff Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group, briefs Thunderbolt pilots on expected weather conditions ahead of a mission, 1944-1945.

FRE 227

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 227
  • Description: Captain Alexander F. "Stormy" Sadowski, Staff Weather Officer of the 56th Fighter Group, briefs Thunderbolt pilots on expected weather conditions...
Colonel John B. Henry, of the 339th Fighter Group, stands beside P-51 Mustang (6N-A, serial number 42-106676), known as "San Antone Rose" after Henry's home town of San Antonio, Texas. He is probably at Fowlmere air base, near Duxford, where the 339th Fighter Group were based between 5 April 1944 and 10 October 1945.

FRE 312

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 312
  • Description: Colonel John B. Henry, of the 339th Fighter Group, stands beside P-51 Mustang (6N-A, serial number 42-106676), known as "San Antone Rose" after Henry...
Briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at Boxted air base. The 56th Fighter Group were based at Boxted between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

FRE 230

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 230
  • Description: Briefing room of the 56th Fighter Group at Boxted air base. The 56th Fighter Group were based at Boxted between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.
Two men of the 361st Fighter Group discuss a recent mission. Image signed: '"5 and 2 makes 7" Harry Crookshanks 14 Nov 1944...To the Best Damn Pilot in the 361st Group, "Crooks".'

FRE 523

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 523
  • Description: Two men of the 361st Fighter Group discuss a recent mission. Image signed: '"5 and 2 makes 7" Harry Crookshanks 14 Nov 1944...To the Best Damn Pilot...
Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at Bottisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt. Eugene Cole, 375th FS'

FRE 522

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 522
  • Description: Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at...
Sergeant Elwin D. Phillips, Lieutenant Sidney Hewitt, Staff Sergeant Michael Yahawk and a colleague, of the 361st Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group stand with Hewitt's P-47 Thunderbolt (QI-F, serial number 42-74702) nicknamed "Clarkie" at Goxhill. Handwritten caption on reverse: '"CLARIE" [sic] 361st Fighter Squadron, Pilot: Sid Hewitt. Standing (L-R) Sgt Elwin D Phillips (arm/ aut C/C) Pilot: lt Sidney Hewitt ? S/Sgt Michael Yahawk- eng (Crew Chief).'

FRE 521

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 521
  • Description: Sergeant Elwin D. Phillips, Lieutenant Sidney Hewitt, Staff Sergeant Michael Yahawk and a colleague, of the 361st Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter...