Fredrick A Hippchen

Military
Sergeant Frederick A. Hippchen, of the 303rd Bomb Group, unwraps an aircraft tyre. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238719.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'It's quite a change from being a cashier and assistant auditor to Wilder and CO., Cresby Street, Chicago, to unwrapping this dainty line in aircraft tyres somewhere in England, but Sergt. Frederick A. Hippchen, of 2018 N. Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, media-378949.jpg FRE 1082 Sergeant Frederick A. Hippchen, of the 303rd Bomb Group, unwraps an aircraft tyre. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238719.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'It's quite a change from being a cashier and assistant auditor to Wilder and CO., Cresby Street, Chicago, to unwrapping this dainty line in aircraft tyres somewhere in England, but Sergt. Frederick A. Hippchen, of 2018 N. Cleveland Avenue, Chicago,makes the change without batting an eye. The message he sends to his folks is; "I am well and reasonably happy, but I miss you all too much".' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1082 - Sergeant Frederick A. Hippchen, of the 303rd Bomb Group, unwraps an aircraft tyre. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’...

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Sergeant Frederick A. Hippchen, of the 303rd Bomb Group, unwraps an aircraft tyre. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238719.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'It's quite a change from being a cashier and assistant auditor to Wilder and CO., Cresby Street, Chicago, to unwrapping this dainty line in aircraft tyres somewhere in England, but Sergt. Frederick A. Hippchen, of 2018 N. Cleveland Avenue, Chicago,

Object number: FRE 1082 - Sergeant Frederick A. Hippchen, of the 303rd Bomb...