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Strike Photos & Mission Maps

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Mission maps, or track charts as they were often referred, were passed out to airmen during a pre-mission briefing. They commonly denoted the dog…

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Operation Varsity Low-Level Resupply

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One of three low-level missions flown by the 44th BG - of their 343 wartime missions.

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Bombers on the Ground

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When not flying or on the line for maintenance, bombers were parked in a dispersed fashion around the three-mile perimeter track circling the runway.…

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Unknown Airmen & Ground Crews

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Photos taken during the war at Shipdham - where the individuals captured couldn't be identified.

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