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An early insignia of the 361st Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group.

FRE 5261

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5261
  • Description: An early insignia of the 361st Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group.
An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

FRE 7448

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7448
  • Description: An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by...
An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

FRE 7449

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7449
  • Description: An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by...
An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

FRE 7450

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7450
  • Description: An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by...
Personnel of the 406th Fighter Group walk past ladies underwear used as a white surrender flag on Adolf Hitler Strasse, Munster. April 1945. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7444

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7444
  • Description: Personnel of the 406th Fighter Group walk past ladies underwear used as a white surrender flag on Adolf Hitler Strasse, Munster. April 1945. Image via...
A-20 Havocs and A-26 Invaders of the 416th Bomb Group at Wethersfield. Written on slide casing: '416 BG Wethersfield.'

FRE 7445

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7445
  • Description: A-20 Havocs and A-26 Invaders of the 416th Bomb Group at Wethersfield. Written on slide casing: '416 BG Wethersfield.'
An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group at Chalgrove, in the spring of 1945. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group .

FRE 7447

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7447
  • Description: An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group at Chalgrove, in the spring of 1945. Image by...
Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group conduct engine checks to a P-47 Thunderbolt (O7-B, serial number 42-28401) at Handorf, April 1945. Image via John Quincy. Written on slide casing: 'O7:B, 228401.'

FRE 7441

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7441
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group conduct engine checks to a P-47 Thunderbolt (O7-B, serial number 42-28401) at Handorf, April 1945. Image...
A Cletrac waits beside a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group in order to change the engine. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7442

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7442
  • Description: A Cletrac waits beside a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group in order to change the engine. Image via John Quincy.
Colonel C.B. Kelly, of the 406th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Skirty Bert III", at Handorf. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7440

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7440
  • Description: Colonel C.B. Kelly, of the 406th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Skirty Bert III", at Handorf. Image via John Quincy.
An abandoned and graffittied gun post in Brussels, covered in communist and anti-monarchy slogans, photographed by an airman of the 406th Fighter Group. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7437

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7437
  • Description: An abandoned and graffittied gun post in Brussels, covered in communist and anti-monarchy slogans, photographed by an airman of the 406th Fighter...
Pre-fabricated timber plywood buildings used as barracks by the 406th Fighter Group at Asch, Belgium. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7438

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7438
  • Description: Pre-fabricated timber plywood buildings used as barracks by the 406th Fighter Group at Asch, Belgium. Image via John Quincy.
Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (L3-U, serial number 42-26922) nicknamed "Little Ann". A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-16364) used by Headquarters Staff of the US 1st Army is visible in the background. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7435

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7435
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (L3-U, serial number 42-26922) nicknamed "Little Ann" of the 512th Fighter...
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26860) nicknamed "Angie" of the 406th Fighter Group at Asch, Belgium. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7436

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7436
  • Description: P-47D serial number 42-26860 "Angie" (coded L3-O) of the 512th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group at Asch, Belgium. Image via John Quincy.
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28887) of the 406th Fighter Group at Asch in Belgium, 1945. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7433

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7433
  • Description: A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28887) of the 406th Fighter Group at Asch in Belgium, 1945. Image via John Quincy.
Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group re-arm a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-20428) at Asch in Belgium, 1945. Image via John Quincy.

FRE 7434

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7434
  • Description: Ground personnel of the 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group re-arm a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-20428) at Asch in Belgium, 1945. Image...
The insignia of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group.

FRE 5267

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5267
  • Description: The insignia of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group.
A French building, previously used as a stable for Napoleon III's horses, used as a barracks for ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group. Image via Stan Wyglendowski.

FRE 7431

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7431
  • Description: A French building, previously used as a stable for Napoleon III's horses, used as a barracks for ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group. Image...
The insignia of the 359th Fighter Group.

FRE 5268

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 5268
  • Description: The insignia of the 359th Fighter Group.
Knocked out Panther V German Tank, pushed to the side of the road somewhere in Normady, photographed by an airman of the 406th Fighter Group.

FRE 7381

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 7381
  • Description: Knocked out Panther V German Tank, pushed to the side of the road somewhere in Normady, photographed by an airman of the 406th Fighter Group.