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Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6047) of the 80th Fighter Group, 10th Air Force, 6 September 1942-13 October 1942.

FRE 11042

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 11042
  • Description: Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6047) of the 80th Fighter Group, 10th Air Force, 6 September 1942-13 October 1942.
Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6048) of the 326th Fighter Group, 1st Air Force , 5 Septmber 1942-7 November 1942.

FRE 11041

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 11041
  • Description: Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6048) of the 326th Fighter Group, 1st Air Force , 5 Septmber 1942-7 November 1942.
Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6045), 11 September 1942-14 May 1943.

FRE 11044

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 11044
  • Description: Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6045), 11 September 1942-14 May 1943.
Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6046), 6 September 1942-7 April 1943.

FRE 11043

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 11043
  • Description: Service record for a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6046), 6 September 1942-7 April 1943.
Ground personnel of the 474th Fighter Group inspect a P-38 Lightning that has crash landed on its nose.

FRE 10118

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10118
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 474th Fighter Group inspect a 429th Fighter Squadron P-38J-15-LO, s/n 43-28366, coded 7Y-I. On 26 November 1944, the aircraft...
The wreck of a P-38 Lightning of the 370th Fighter Group at Andover. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Looking East, Anover Field, England.'

FRE 10119

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10119
  • Description: The wreck of a P-38 Lightning of the 370th Fighter Group at Andover. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Looking East, Anover Field, England.'
The top of a cockpit of a P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Flight.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 28 Oct 1943.' [stamp] and 290162.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'FLIGHT PHOTO NO.LI.14. At the top of the cockpit in front of the pilot's head is the handle for operating the escape panel release.'

FRE 10120

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 10120
  • Description: The top of a cockpit of a P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Flight.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 28 Oct 1943.'...
Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group on a playing field at Boxted. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'The left ball playing field in action at Boxted during an inter fighter group game, summer 1944.'

FRE 9979

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9979
  • Description: Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group on a playing field at Boxted. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'The left...
Lieutenant Colonel Lucien "Pete" Wade and Captain Joseph H Sayers of the 56th Fighter Group during a visit to London, 1944. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group has handwritten on the reverse: 'June 1944- London. Lt Col Lucien "Pete" Wade shooting the streets of London with the 63rd Fighter Squadron Captain Joseph H Sayers. Wade later became the last group CO of the 56th Fitr Group at Boxted as a Full Colonel. He served well as a Flt Leader- Group operations- Sqdn CO and lastly as Gp CO.'

FRE 9980

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9980
  • Description: Lieutenant Colonel Lucien "Pete" Dade and Captain Joseph H Sayers of the 56th Fighter Group during a visit to London, 1944. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter...
A P-47 Thunderbolt, captured by the Luftwaffe. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Yes the Luftwaffe assembled a few thunderbolts to see what they could actually do.'

FRE 9975

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9975
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt, captured by the Luftwaffe. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Yes the Luftwaffe assembled a few...
Colonel Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group tutoring Chinese pilots at Bradley Field, 1942. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'April 1942. Bradley Field, Capt Zemke tutoring the Chinese national pilots- thru an interpreter to the pilot class of operations of the P-36. Labourious as this task appeared these twenty (20) pilots conducted the P-36 check out without an accident. Having now trained Americans, British and [ilegible] this work became a natural for Zemke. "Give me

FRE 9976

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 9976
  • Description: Colonel Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group tutoring Chinese pilots at Bradley Field, 1942. Zemke has handwritten on the...
A silhouetted B-17 Flying Fortress in flight.

FRE 8983

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8983
  • Description: A silhouetted B-17 Flying Fortress in flight.
A B-17 Flying Fortress of 69 Squadron, Israeli Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IAF B-17G in camouflage paint scheme. Only fixed armament was in the tail position.'

FRE 8982

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8982
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress of 69 Squadron, Israeli Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IAF B-17G in camouflage paint scheme. Only fixed...
An early B-17A Flying Fortress in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17A.'

FRE 8981

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8981
  • Description: An early B-17A Flying Fortress in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17A.'
Ground personnel work on a B-17 Flying Fortress.

FRE 8987

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8987
  • Description: Ground personnel work on a B-17 Flying Fortress.
Three modified B-17 Flying Fortresses used by the Institut Géographique National, France, for aerial surveys, lined up along a runway.

FRE 8986

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8986
  • Description: Three modified B-17 Flying Fortresses used by the Institut Géographique National, France, for aerial surveys, lined up along a runway.
A B-17 Flying Fortress graveyard. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Graveyard [illegible].'

FRE 8985

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8985
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress graveyard. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Graveyard [illegible].'
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group flies over two field ambulances. Image stamped on reverse: 'Boeing.'

FRE 8984

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8984
  • Description: A still photo from motion picture pilot John Crewdson's famous "buzz job" during the filming of "The War Lover." Note the ambulances in the foreground...
A US Navy PB-1W variant B-17 Flying Fortress (Bureau Number 77230) of Experimental Squadron VX-4, fitted with APS-20 radar, in flight 1947.

FRE 8990

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8990
  • Description: A US Navy PB-1W variant B-17 Flying Fortress (Bureau Number 77230) of Experimental Squadron VX-4, fitted with APS-20 radar, in flight 1947.
A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell land at an airfield in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, that is under constuction. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 21 Mar 1944.'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'BUILDING AIRFIELDS FOR UNTIED NATIONS FIGHTING PLANES. 7. The first two planes land on a field not entirely completed yet. Army and Navy construction crews and engineers are moving step by step through the islands of the Southwest Pacific toward the Philippines and the ultimate ob

FRE 8989

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 8989
  • Description: A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell land at an airfield in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, that is under constuction. Image stamped on...