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[Servicemen with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft "The Heat's On"]
Photographic slide of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft "The Heat's On," circa 1944-1945. Inscription on slide: "9."
[Report about bombing mission incident on March 9, 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…
[Crew members of 38th Reconnaissance Squadron]
Photographic group portrait of servicemen of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, at Hickam Field, Hawaii, circa January 1942. An inscription on an accompanying print identifies some of the men: Lee W. Brest, Jesse R. Broyles, Elmer G. Lippold, Marc L. Lucas, and Don C. McCord.
[Servicemen with Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'"]
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."
[Flight crew with Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft]
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Paul Lewis Bowers (standing, third from left), with a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa 1944-1945. The aircraft's nose art depicts a woman in lingerie. Most of the crew are identified in the verso inscription. Inscription on verso: "Back row, left to right: Engineer J. MacDonald, 1st pilot James Hobstetter, Nav. Paul Bowers,…
[Flight crew with Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Lewis Paul Bowers, posing with the tail gun of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa 1944. The crew is partially identified in the verso inscription, though many of the names have been cut off. Inscription on verso: "Mac. [likely McDonald or MacDonald] - Engineer. Me [Lewis Paul Bowers] - Navigator. Hob [likely…
[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.…
[Flight crew with Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]
Photographic group portrait of a flight crew of the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, with their Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1945. The crew members are identified in the inscription.Inscription on verso: "B-17. Bad Dog G for George until March 9th - left her in Wevelgem, Belgium 3-9-45 after direct hit thru left wing. Bad Dog I for item after that. Top row - Left to…
[Crew members of 38th Reconnaissance Squadron]
Photographic group portrait of servicemen of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, at Hickam Field, Hawaii, circa January 1942. From left to right, front row: John C. Adams, Karl T. Barthelmess, Larry J. Sheehan, Charles E. Bergdoll. From left to right, back row: Roy H. Coulter, Vance H. Spears, Lee R. Embree, Raymond R. Joslin, Nicholas H. Kahlefent. The men are…
[38th Reconnaissance Squadron]
Photographic group portrait of servicemen of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, posing with a puppy at Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 8, 1941. From left to right, front row: Floyd A. Wright, Joseph S. Angelini, Larry J. Sheehan, Jesse L. Schneider, J. W. Childers, Erwin B. Casebolt. Front left to right, back row: Horace K. Hunsberger, Benjamin L. Hale, Mac L. Lucas,…