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Ammunition preparation. Photo print dated 10/25/43
A06356
Ammunition preparation. Photo print date 10/25/43.
A06357
Formation pass and review. Date unknown.
A07785
1st Lt. G.B. McIntosh, right, Dallas, Texas, tells Capt. O.V. Jones, Albany, Georgia about his mission over Frankfurt, Germany, after his return to their base in Ridgewell, England. This is the first mission that Lt. McIntosh has flown since his return from an internment camp in Sweden, where he and Capt. Jones were forced down after participating in a raid on Norway, 24 July 1943. 30 January 1944.
A11987
"T/Sgt Charles A. Barbier of Wallace, La., checking gun mount bolt on a B-17, waves to M/Sgt. George Grose of Tallahassee, Fla., as he rides by on unicycle." AAF copy reads. Barbier and Grose of the 448th Sub Depot. A49599
A49599
"Tankman checks gauge as Cpl Steadman refuels wing tank of a Boeing B-17" reads the AAF copy. Believe to be Lester A. Steadman of 532nd BS.
A49688
"T/Sgt Robert R. Ranfrew of Urbana, Ill., pulls "A" frame of prop dolly as Sgt Earl W. Hampton of Cape May, N.J. steadies the propeller." reads the AAF copy. Our roster lists him as Robert P. Renfrew. With Earl W. Hampton, both 532nd BS prop specialists.
A49690
"Cpl. Joseph F. Fox, Star City, Ind., in a salvaged B-17 plexiglass nose at a base in England, flashes the 'go light' to ground traffic crossing the runway." Joseph F. Fox, Control Tower Operator of 7th Station Complement.
A49716
"Cpl. Joseph F. Fox, Star City, Ind., in a salvaged B-17 plexiglass nose at a base in England, flashes the 'go light' to ground traffic crossing the runway." Joseph F. Fox, Control Tower Operator of 7th Station Complement.
A49717
"Capt Charles R. McCarthy points out features of B-17 to English Air Training Cadets at a base in England." reads the AAF copy. Believe this is Charles R. McCarthy initially of 533rd BS, and then attached to Group HQ.
A49742
Interior of a B-17, looking toward the nose from the waist. Photo print date 8/13/43.
B-17 Interior
Rolling 500 lb bombs. Photo print dated 3/9/44.
Bomb Dump
Unloading. Photo print dated 3/9/44.
Bomb Dump
Under camo netting. Photo print dated 3/9/44.
Bomb Dump
Bomb Loading. Photo print dated 9/26/43. Names of ground crew members written on engine nacelle covers, inboard has "Dave" and outboard has "Fitz" written on it.
Bomb Loading
Bomb Loading. Photo print dated 9/27/43
Bomb Loading
Bomb Loading. Photo print dated 8/20/43. Jeep top of frame is marked 534th.
Bomb Loading
Bomb loading. "Bombs are being loaded in a B-17 Flying Fortress to help the invasion army penetrate Hitler's fortress on the Second Front." These bombs are marked AN-M30 100 lb G.P.. Back of trailer reads 535th ORD. Box on truck reads 535 SQ. 13, back of passenger seat reads Caution, No Signals, Left Hand Drive.
Bomb Loading
Bomb loading. Story reads: "Bombs are being loaded in a B-17 Flying Fortress to help the invasion army penetrate Hitler's fortress on the Second Front. The trailer carries the entire load of 100-pounders the Fortress "Chug-A-Lug IV" will drop, in one of the day's missions during the constant pounding from the air of the German defenses. As soon as a Fortress returns from one mission it is immediately loaded for the next trip." These bombs are marked AN-M30 100 lb G.P.. Aircraft is B-17G 42-97330 "Chug A Lug IV" MS-S, 535th. Back of trailer reads 535th ORD. Box on truck reads 535 SQ. 13, back of passenger seat reads Caution, No Signals, Left Hand Drive.
Bomb Loading
Bomb Loading. Appears to be some type of incendiary. No photo date.
Bomb Loading
Story reads: You are looking down from the radio room through the bomb bay of a U.S. Army 8th A.F. bomber. A couple of USAAF ordnance men are preparing two 500-lb high explosive bombs which are still on the bomb cart before being lifted into position and fixed into the bomb racks for speedy shipment to enemy territory. Pfc Alfred G. Hersey, Jr. (top), Newburyport, Mass., adjust the arming wires wile Pfc. Richard P. Kasczorwoski, Bay City, Mich., threads the fin around the bomb. [both from 535th]
Bomb: A06318
From second photo of this series, story reads: You are looking down from the radio room through the bomb bay of a U.S. Army 8th A.F. bomber. A couple of USAAF ordnance men are preparing two 500-lb high explosive bombs which are still on the bomb cart before being lifted into position and fixed into the bomb racks for speedy shipment to enemy territory. Pfc Alfred G. Hersey, Jr. (top), Newburyport, Mass., adjust the arming wires wile Pfc. Richard P. Kasczorwoski, Bay City, Mich., threads the fin around the bomb. [both from 535th]
Bomb: A06512
"Armament men load bombs on a trailer as man backs a truck to an already loaded trailer at a base somewhere in England." reads the AAF copy. The truck and trailer are both marked as belonging to the 532nd. Picture has a 'mottled' look because of the camouflage netting over the bomb dump. Truck serial 0012065-S. A49613
Bomb: A49613
M-47 Incendiary bombs in the bomb bay of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 381st Bomb Group. England, 9 September 1943. 9/9/43.
Bombs: Incendiary
A man [from Ridgewell] standing in a crater gives one idea of the depth of the crater made by a German rocket which hit near Clare, England, on 1 December 1944.
Buzz Bomb
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