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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 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."