Unidentified US serviceman posing with broken wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress, Thurleigh Airfield
Gift of Helen Haynes in Memory of Wyndom S. Haynes
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Photograph. Unidentified US serviceman posing with broken wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress, with additional plane wreckage in background. 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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Bedfordshire
Latitude:
52.083
Longitude:
-0.500
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Aircraft accidents