42-37792 Eleanor Maureen : Bermondsey
Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.'
Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "Rotherhithe Revenge" at a U.S. bomber in England . Three other bombers were named by their crews also in honour of Bermondsey. The picture shows:- The four Bermondsey U.S. Fortress bombers lined up at the christening ceremony. They are "LONDON AVENGER", "BERMONDSEY BATTLER", "ROTHERHITHE REVENGE" & "BERMONDSEY SPECIAL".
On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Roger Freeman Collection
Corrections to caption from information in aircraft records/Freeman images.
Object Number - FRE 4753 - B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", "Bermondsey Battler", "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and "Bermondsey", 16 February 1944. Passed for...
Delivered Denver 29/8/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-B] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; transferred 836BS/487BG Lavenham 16/7/44; transferred 34BG Mendlesham; retUS Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. BERMONDSEY.
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