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Notes: Maps in background show topography of German cities. One man smoking w/ Mae West on. Second pointing intently at map.

Notes: Chairs in front of huts/temporary bricks for lounging in better weather. Chimneys for coal stoves in the buildings.

Notes: Projector in middle of aisle (probably to show maps/strike photos). Screen that can be pulled down over map for projector. Black curtains pulled open. Used stick to point along route. Map on stand shows assemby points for formation.

Notes: Quadrants of large map are labeled for reference. Shows photos of bomb strikes in cities throughout Europe.

Note: There are accounts from guys in the 44th of the flooded country in the Netherlands.

Notes: Not sure why they were in Holland just after Market Garden. Can see planes in air. Gets at scale of war.

Notes: 44th narratives about seeing Dutch wave below. Quintessentially Dutch scene with windmills. People standing on base of windmill and on ground. Most Dutch farms had several farm houses clustered around windmill.

Note: Passed through Prestwick on way to ETO. Pretty fancy facility – imagine it was a space the AAF took over for duration of war.

Notes: One man sewing button on uniform. Other trying to wash something in a bucket. Not lots of extra space. Kept shoes on. Not homey. Concrete floors very cold. Just tin can separating you from outside.

Notes: Bomb Group and date not noted. Nose covered in tarpaulin to keep Plexiglas clear of frost that could obscure pilot ’s vision. Notice still dark outside.

Notes: On Operation Market Garden supply run.

Note: Burns crew flew w/ Gee Box after they became a lead crew. Determine where it was in bomber and what he’s looking at through lens.

Notes: Both ends of Bridge Rest on River while Middle Section Broke and Fell into Neder River. Negative received 11/27/44. Probably captured around Market Garden.

Notes: You can see the chutes are different colors to designate different types of supplies. Ground is very flat and looks like England – it’s why Holland was chosen.

Notes: Bombers far into the horizon dropping supplies. Some chutes already on drop zone.

Notes: Runways were incredibly difficult to construct b/c they had to hold up under 60,000 pound bombers at takeoff and landing.

Notes: Airmen wearing sheepskin hats. In different kind of chairs made of fabric.

Note: Footage taken from Pellow's bomber

Serial # 42-40126, lost over Kiel on May 1, 1943, Crew Chief Hanley back row, standing left