Pre-Mission Activities & Briefing
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Pre-Mission Activities & Briefing
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Somewhere in England Air Crew Woken for D-Day MissionNote: How close beds are together. Personal effects tied to end of bed. Cities they’ve hit painted on back wall. Shoes under bed. One man already…
Charge of Quarters waking Crew for the Day’s Bombing MissionNote: Not 44th BG
Kiel Mission Preparations
Airmen ready with mission gear
Airmen ready for mission with flying gear
Airmen waiting for the trucks to take them to their aircraft, early 1943
Crews getting ready before first Kiel Mission
Crews board trucks to their hardstands,
Back of 2.5 Ton Truck; Carl Hall, Ed Cisinski, Calvin Brown, Shipdham
AC 61-24282 Y Bar, 506th Squadron, Ruthless, Shipdham
Iron Corset having gas tanks filled for mission
68th Squadron A/C loaded with drop tanks
Airmen prepare for mission on hardstand
Tech Sgt. Booth cleans the glass on the tail turret plexiglas of "Three Kisses for Luck"
68th squadron airmen and ground crews stand around the landing gear of a B-24
Ursel Harvell talks with Tech Sgt Tewksbury before a missionThe pair stand before 42-50766 D, 506th Squadron
Crew of Lemondrop standing on their hardstand in flying clothes
"Sack Artist" parked on its hardstand before a missionAircrew surrounding at the start of a mission
Southern Comfort's crew huddled around the bomber
506th Squadron bomber "Ruthless" is prepared for mission
Aircrew stands in flying gear on hardstand beside B-24 - beside bombs on the grass
Bomber prepared for mission
Spagnola crew waits for takeoff on hardstand
Airmen in sheepskins on a hardstand in front of Lemondrop
Airman holds .50 caliber machine gun
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