Parked B-17 Flying Fortress with bomb bay doors open, Thurleigh Airfield
Gift of Helen Haynes in Memory of Wyndom S. Haynes
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Photograph. Parked B-17 Flying Fortress with bomb bay doors open, propeller on engine shot off by antiaircraft fire and US airman leaning out of cockpit smiling. Personal caption on photo reverse: "This one came back with prop shot off and big hole in nose from 88 mm flak shell." Thurleigh Airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943-45
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1943,1943
1945,
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Items from the service of Wyndom S. Haynes, who was from Mathews, Virginia. Haynes was born in 1919. He enlisted in the US Air Force on September 24, 1941. He served with the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in the European Theatre. Collection consists of 300 photos, ten documents, and five objects related to Wyndom Haynes' service.
Geography:
Bedfordshire
Latitude:
52.083
Longitude:
-0.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aircraft, fixed wing