Wreckage of Quonset hut after B-17 Flying Fortress destroyed the building, Thurleigh Airfield
Gift of Helen Haynes in Memory of Wyndom S. Haynes
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Photograph. Wreckage of Quonset hut after B-17 Flying Fortress destroyed the building by the plane catching on fire and detonating the bombs onboard. Personal caption on photo reverse: "This is all that is left of a B-17 loaded with 14 500 lb bombs which caught on fire before takeoff and exploded. I was about 500 yds from it." 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.
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