The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Life on the ground with the 392nd Bombardment Group at RAF Wendling, England, comes into focus through portraits, awards ceremonies, squadron offices, officers' quarters, and leave taken in Scotland. Handwritten captions on the reverse of the prints name the men and dates, preserving the personal record behind the Eighth Air Force's daylight bombing campaign.
USAAF Pilot in Bomber Cockpit, 579th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, England, WWII
Handwritten Caption Card: "Col Lorrin Johnson, Cmdr 392nd Bomb Gp, Wendling Air Field, England, June 1944"
Lt. Leghorn and Crew, 579th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, RAF Wendling, England, February 1944
Verso Caption: 'Lt Leghorn + Crew, Feb 1944, Wendling Air Base, England'
Nissen Hut Quarters of Lt. Col. Bush, Maj. Fritsche, and Maj. Wall, 392nd Bomb Group, England, 15 April 1944
Verso Caption: 'Officers Quarters of the 392nd Bomb Gp, Wendling Airfield, 1943-1945'
Maj. Myron Keilman (Squadron Commander) and Maj. Kenneth Paddock (Group Navigator), 392nd Bomb Group, Wendling, England
Verso Caption: Squadron Commander Maj. Myron Keilman and Group Navigator Maj. Kenneth Paddock, 392nd Bomb Group, Wendling, England
B-24 Liberator Crew 'Fords' Folly,' 579th Bomb Squadron, 28 July 1944
Verso Caption: Capt. Clifford Edwards and Crew, Tour Completion, 392nd Bomb Group, 28 August 1944
Group Portrait of U.S. Army Air Forces General Officers and Staff, Captioned 'Gen. Jones & Staff,' Dated 5-3-45
Presentation of Awards, 392nd Bomb Group, 27 May 1944
Handwritten Award Citation Card: Brig. Gen. Leon Johnson Presents Distinguished Flying Cross to Maj. Myron Keilman, 27 May 1944
USAAF Officer Typing in Squadron Office, 392nd Bomb Group, England, WWII
Handwritten Identification Note – Dr. Jack Cook, Flight Surgeon, 579th Bombardment Squadron, Wendling Air Base, England
Maj. Harrison Cassell, Maj. Myron Keilman, and Cassell's Cousin Before B-24 Liberator, 392nd Bomb Group, Wendling, England, March 1945
Verso Caption: Maj. Harrison Cassell, Maj. Myron Keilman, and Cassell's Cousin, Wendling Air Base, March 1945
Group Portrait of Ground Crew Before B-24 Liberator, 392nd Bomb Group, England, WWII
Hand-Drawn Identification Key for 579th Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group Tech Supply Section Group Photo, 1944
Aerial View of European Town with Church Spire and Windmill, WWII Reconnaissance/Strike Photograph
Presentation of Field Ceremony, RAF Wendling to 392nd Bomb Group, 14 September 1943
Verso Caption: RAF Transfer of Wendling Airfield to Col. Irvine "Bull" Rendol, 392nd Bombardment Group, 14 September 1943
Group Portrait, Bombardiers and Navigators, 392nd Bombardment Group, 1 June 1944
Verso Caption: 579th Bomb Squadron Bombardiers and Navigators, Wendling Air Base, January 1944
Informal Group Portrait of 392nd Bombardment Group Officers, Wendling Area, circa April 1944
Verso Caption: Named Officers of the 392nd Bombardment Group, Wendling Air Base, circa April 1944
American Airman Observing Narrowboats at an English Canal Lock, 1943
Verso Caption: "Barges on an English Canal, 1943"
Old English Thatched-Roof Cottage, Norfolk Countryside, England, WWII Era
Verso Caption: "Old English Thatched Roof Home"
Line of U.S. Army Tracked Support Vehicles, WWII, 579th Bomb Squadron Collection
Verso Caption: "Tractors for pulling 240mm howitzers and guns"
Three Officers Beside the Tail of a Twin-Engine Bomber, 579th Bomb Squadron Collection
Caricature Sketch: Officers at Wendling Airfield, England, 1943 (392nd Bomb Group / 579th Bomb Squadron)
Two USAAF Officers Beside a Jeep at Wendling Airfield, Including Lt. J.D. Connolly, Navigator
Verso Caption: Lt. J.P. Connolly, Navigator, Wounded by 20mm Flak Fragment, Friedrichshafen Mission, 18 March 1944
Capt. Barney Glotler, Tower Control Officer, 392nd Bombardment Group, Seated on Marked Jeep
Verso Caption: Capt. Barney Glotler, Tower Control Officer, 392nd Bomb Group, Wendling Air Field, 1943-1945
579th Bomb Squadron Personnel on R&R Leave, Likely Scotland, 1944
Gaff-Rigged Sailboat with R&R Personnel, Scotland, 1944
Verso Caption: "Sail boat with R&R people in Scotland, 1944"
Airmen and Companions at Leisure by a Thatched Norfolk Broads Cottage - 579th Bomb Squadron Personal Album, WWII England
Verso Caption: "579th Sqd Officers on R&R in Scotland, 1944"
Tom Dowling, Pendleton, and Myron Keilman in a Boat, Scotland, Spring 1944
Verso Caption: Tom Dowling, Pendleton, and Myron Keilman, Scotland, Spring 1944
Lt. Felheim and Squadron Intelligence Section Personnel, USAAF Airfield, WWII
English Country Cottage with Thatched Roof, WWII-Era Personal Photograph
Capt. Pete Zahn at 'The Cleikum' Pub, England, 1944
