FRE 1087
IMAGESergeant Henry Kwasneske, of the 303rd Bomb Group, checks an ammunition belt under the wing of his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238725.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Somebody's going to be busy. Sergt. Henry Kwasneske, 918 Elizabeth Street, Joliet, Ill. checks over a belt of ammunition while sitting beneath the wing of his plane at an American Army Air Force station somewhere in England. Henry was a carpenter with Sanderson and Porter before the war, but he is fixing quite other sorts of jobs now. "Everything O.K. Food good", is the message he sends his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kwasneske, of the above address.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16067972
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner