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Photograph of an unidentified serviceman standing under the damaged wing of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft at Typhoon Base, Wevelgem, Belgium, March 9, 1945. The aircraft belongs to the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces.
Photographic slide of tail gunner Bob Pride, U.S. Army Air Forces, in the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," November 2, 1944. Inscription on slide: "27."Typed caption on accompanying document: "27. Tail Gunner Bob Pride."
Navigator John Allen
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Photographic slide of navigator John W. Allen, U.S. Army Air Forces, in the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," November 2, 1944.Inscription on slide: "26."Typed caption on accompanying document: "26. Navigator John Allen."
Photographic slide of servicemen with the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," likely taken at RAF Bassingbourn, England, circa 1944. The aircraft's nose art depicts a serviceman busting through a newspaper.
Inscription on slide: "52."
Typed caption on accompanying document: "52. Crew and plane."
Photograph of John W. Allen posing with a flak hole in "Times A-Wastin'," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of two U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen posing with a flak hole in "Times A-Wastin'," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of Paul Chryst posing with a flak hole in "Times A-Wastin'," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, circa 1944-1945.
Report prepared by Robert K. Mason, pilot with the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1985. Describes an incident that took place during a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany on March 9, 1945. After the wing of Mason's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress was severely damaged by flak, the crew made an emergency landing at an RAF base in Belgium. Mason notes…
Photographic slide of servicemen with the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," likely taken at RAFBassingbourn, England, circa 1944. The aircraft's nose art depicts a serviceman busting through a newspaper.
Inscription on slide: "9."
Typed caption on accompanying document: "9. "TIMES A WASTIN" and crew."
Photographic slide of bombardier Paul Chryst, U.S. Army Air Forces, in the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," November 2, 1944. Other aircraft are visible through the window behind Chryst.
Inscription on slide: "25."
Typed caption on accompanying document: "25. Bombardier Paul Chryst."