[Flight crew on damaged Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]

Photograph of a flight crew of the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, posing with the damaged wing of their Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft at Typhoon Base, Wevelgem, Belgium, March 9, 1945. The crew members are identified as: Hugh Bailey, Sondheim (?), George J. Stamatakos, Billy C. Head, Harvey P. Smith, Raymond S. Gibson, Edwin H. Kohlhepp, Robert K. Mason, and Dean W. Frederick.

Inscription on verso: "Picture taken March 9, 1945 by R.A.F. photographer at Typhoon Base in Wevelgem, Belgium - shot is left wing - shell passed thru without fire. This is not an original but a copy."