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A portrait of Sergeant William N. Hess, a waist gunner of the 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, taken in October 1944. Caption at bottom of print: "William N. Hess, 18210045, 44-10, 256."

FRE 10131

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10131
  • Description: A portrait of Sergeant William N. Hess, a waist gunner of the 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, taken in October 1944. Caption at bottom of print...
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group blows up a Nazi ammunition truck. Printed caption on reverse: 'THUNDERBOLT EXPLODES NAZI AMMUNITION TRUCK. A P-47 Thunderbolt is highlighted in the glow of the explosion of a Nazi ammunition truck after setting off the enemy vehicle behind enemy lines in Normandy. This series of six action shots was recorded by the automatic cameras on the planes on the attacking pilot, Captain Raymond M Walsh of Fort Myers, Florida, and by Lieutenant Willie L Whitman of Montg

FRE 9687

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9687
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group blows up a Nazi ammunition truck. Printed caption on reverse: 'THUNDERBOLT EXPLODES NAZI AMMUNITION...
Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gibbs, 463rd. 297719. 'Goddess' 774BS/463BG.'

FRE 10133

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10133
  • Description: Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess"...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26058) of the 373rd Fighter Group that has crash landed. Official caption on image: 'ISAD-9 July 44 (2060)(WPU Battle damage P-47 42-26058, NE Beuville.)'

FRE 9688

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9688
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26058) of the 373rd Fighter Group that has crash landed. Official caption on image: 'ISAD-9 July 44 (2060)(WPU...
A crewman looks through the battle-damage holes in the tail of a 15th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: '15AF.'

FRE 10132

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10132
  • Description: A crewman looks through the battle-damage holes in the tail of a 15th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: '15AF.'
An airman of the 36th Fighter Group sits on the wreck of his P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28474). Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-28474, P-47D-28-Ra, 36 FG, 23 FS, 9th AF, crashed NW of Dijon, summer 1944.'

FRE 9685

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9685
  • Description: An airman of the 36th Fighter Group sits on the wreck of his P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28474). Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-28474, P...
A composite of four nose arts of 99th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses: from top-left clockwise, they are "El Diablo", "Miss Fury", "Never Satisfied" and "Yankee Doodle". Handwritten caption on reverse: '99BG.'

FRE 10135

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10135
  • Description: A composite of four nose arts of 99th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses: from top-left clockwise, they are "El Diablo", "Miss Fury", "Never Satisfied"...
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 365th Fighter Group, with engine exposed, in front of a French Chateaux. Handwritten caption on reverse: '365th FG.'

FRE 9686

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9686
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 365th Fighter Group, with engine exposed, in front of a French Chateaux. Handwritten caption on reverse: '365th FG.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29790) parked by the control tower of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group's airbase in Corsica. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17.' Printed caption on reverse: '75657 AC - Control tower of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group in Corsica. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

FRE 10134

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10134
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29790) parked by the control tower of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group's airbase in Corsica...
The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 358th Fighter Group that has crash landed at Shorne. Image stamped on reverse: 'Kent Messenger.' [stamp], 'Not to be published 5 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and 298677.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'HE SHOULD KNOW: "Well then I've had a slight crash and I'm slightly injured, drawled the American pilot of this Thunderbolt which crashed at Shorne, near Gravesend. He tried to land on the main roac but had to swerve when a lorry appeared. The pilot was taken to Hospi

FRE 9683

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9683
  • Description: The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 358th Fighter Group that has crash landed at Shorne. Image stamped on reverse: 'Kent Messenger.' [stamp], 'Not...
The tail gun of a B-17 Flying Fortress at a Mediterranean airfield.

FRE 10137

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10137
  • Description: The tail gun of a B-17 Flying Fortress at a Mediterranean airfield.
The burning wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 365th Fighter Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '388th FS, 365th FG, 9th Air Force.' Second handwritten caption: 'P-47 hit by ground fire- German.'

FRE 9684

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9684
  • Description: The burning wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 365th Fighter Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '388th FS, 365th FG, 9th Air Force.' Second...
A formation of Flying Fortresses on their way to attack targets near the Anzio beachhead. Nearest the camera is a 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30056) that was declared Missing In Action on the 2nd of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '230056, MIA 2/7/44, 342BS, 97BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'PNA. IA 18239. Forts Bound For Anzio. A flight of Flying Fortresses, carrying fragmentation bombs, gather in formation for a flight to the Anzio beachhead,

FRE 10136

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10136
  • Description: A formation of Flying Fortresses on their way to attack targets near the Anzio beachhead. Nearest the camera is a 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group...
Ground personnel inspect the wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt that crashed on take off. Printed caption on reverse: '57366 AC- Europe- Note unexploded bombs on this Republic P-47 that flipped over taking off; slightly hurt pilot had to be dug out US Air Force photo.'

FRE 9681

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9681
  • Description: Ground personnel inspect the wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt that crashed on take off. Printed caption on reverse: '57366 AC- Europe- Note unexploded...
"I Got Spurs", the nickname of a reconnaissance-modified B-17 Flying Fortress of the 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group, at a North African airfield. The nickname came from a pair of silver spurs given to the Group's commanding officer, Colonel Elliot Roosevelt, by the citizens of Fort Worth Texas, and then dedicated to the aircraft by Colonel Roosevelt. The crew were: Captain John R. Combs, Pilot, San Marcus, Texas; First Lieutenant B.E. Shaw Jr., Co-pilot, Marshall, Missouri; First Lieute

FRE 10139

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10139
  • Description: "I Got Spurs", the nickname of a reconnaissance-modified B-17 Flying Fortress of the 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group, at a North...
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 368th Fighter Group that has crash landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '396th FS, 368th FG.'

FRE 9682

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9682
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 368th Fighter Group that has crash landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '396th FS, 368th FG.'
Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786

FRE 10138

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10138
  • Description: Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed...
A P-51 Mustang (C5-H) of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group at Bassingbourn airbase in January 1945. Handwritten on slide casing: 'At Bassingbourn, 1/45. 357th F.G.'

FRE 10777

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10777
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (5Q-H) of the 504th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group temporarily based at Bassingbourn in January 1945 while the runway at parent...
A P-51 Mustang (B6-K) nicknamed "Berlin Express" of the 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group in flight.

FRE 10778

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10778
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (B6-K) nicknamed "Berlin Express" of the 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group in flight.
A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared Missing In Action on the 7th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '774BS, 463BG, 231684. MIA 7/7/44.'

FRE 10129

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10129
  • Description: A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared...