U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers flying in formation above cloud cover over Germany, 1945
Gift of Peggy Wallace, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Photograph. A Dozen U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers flying in formation above cloud cover; view from similar altitude. Note white "W" in dark triangle on tail (denoting it belongs to the 398st Bombardment Group (Heavy) of the 8th Army Air Force), and Star-and-Bars insignia. Personal Caption: "Lead mission Dortmund, Ger / Please return." Germany. 1945
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1945
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Items from the service of First Lt. Robert Clifford Galloway, who was born in Overton, Nevada on 23 November 1919. He registered for the draft in 1941 and joined the US Army Air Forces. He trained at the Hondo Army Air Field in Texas and graduated from flight school in August of 1944. Galloway was sent to England and served as the lead navigator of a B-17 with the 398th Bombardment Group, 601st Bombardment Squadron, Eighth Air Force. His crew conducted bombing raids to Germany through the winter of 1944 and into the spring of 1945. Galloway served with the USAAF after the war. He died on 2 May 1996 in Dorchester, Maryland. Collection includes around 60 photographs and about 30 documents related to Galloway's wartime service.
Geography:
Deutschland
Latitude:
51.500
Longitude:
10.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aerial photographs--Germany
Bombers--American--Germany
Flying--Germany
Insignia--Germany