The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Aircrews of the 579th Bombardment Squadron and 392nd Bombardment Group pose beneath their B-24 Liberators at Wendling Airfield while ground crews load 500 lb bombs and airmen rest at an English country estate. Aerial reconnaissance and damage assessment prints round out a collection that shows both the work and the results of the Eighth Air Force's air war.
Group Portrait of Five USAAF Officers, 579th Bombardment Squadron, England, WWII
USAAF Airmen at Ornamental Rock Garden and Pond, English Estate, WWII
USAAF Airmen at Rocky Pond with English Manor House in Background, WWII
Skeet or Game Shooting on English Estate Grounds, WWII-Era Photograph
Airmen and Companions Game Shooting at English Estate, Alternate View, WWII
Bomber Crew Beneath Aircraft Nose Section, WWII, 579th Bomb Squadron (Underexposed)
B-24 Liberator Bomber Crew Group Portrait, 579th Bomb Squadron, WWII
B-24 Liberator 'Ethel Ann' Crew Portrait, 579th Bomb Squadron, WWII
579th Bombardment Squadron Operations Building with Personnel, WWII
579th and 578th Bomb Squadron Operations Signs with Officers, WWII
579th Bomb Squadron Orderly Room with Personnel Group Portrait, WWII
Maj. Charles 'Dutch' Hoffman, Squadron Operations Officer, 579th Bomb Squadron
Reverse Side Annotation and Studio Stamp: Maj. Charles 'Dutch' Hoffman Portrait
Twin-Engine USAAF Utility Aircraft, Serial 422610, England, WWII
Aircraft Silhouetted in Hangar Doorway, 392nd Bomb Group Engineering Department, 8 November 1944
Reverse Side Annotation: 'Aircraft Maintenance Hangar, 392nd Bomb Gp, Wendling Airfield, England, 16 Aug '44'
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Industrial Target Complex, WWII
Aerial Bomb Damage Assessment Photograph of European Town, WWII
WWII Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, European Urban District with Boulevard and Apartment Blocks
WWII Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, Railway Marshalling Yard and Adjacent Industrial Complex
WWII Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, River Harbor and Industrial Waterfront
General-Purpose Aerial Bomb on Loading Trestle – 579th Bombardment Squadron Ordnance Documentation, 1944
Archival Caption Card: 'Incendiary Cluster Bomb, 1944, England'
WWII Ordnance Photograph, Aerial Bomb on Loading Cradle with Fuse and Arming Vane, England, 1944
Archival Caption Card: '500 lb General Purpose Bomb, 392nd Bomb Gp, Wendling Air Fld, England, 1 Sept '44'
WWII Ground Crew Loading 500 lb General Purpose Bombs, 392nd Bomb Group, Wendling Airfield, England, 1 September 1944
Archival Caption Card with Identification Sketch: '100 lb General Purpose Bombs, 392nd Bomb Gp, Wendling Air Fld, England, 1943-45'
North American P-51 Mustang Fighter on Airfield Hardstand, England, 1944-45
Archival Caption Card: 'P-51, England, 1944-45'
Group Portrait, Officers of the 579th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bombardment Group, Wendling Airfield, England, 24 March 1945
Group Portrait, Officers of the 579th Bomb Squadron Holding Unit Crest, Wendling Airfield, England, 24 March 1945
U.S. Military Transport and Fighter Aircraft on Grass Airfield, WWII-Era
Verso of Photograph with Handwritten Caption: 'B-18, BC-1 and a P-40, Rio Hato Air Field, Panama, Sept 1941'
WWII Aerial Photograph of Paris, France, Featuring the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre
Archival Caption Card: 'Paris'
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B-24 Liberator Crew of Lt. R.V. Pardue, 579th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, Upon Completion of 30 Combat Missions, 11 November 1944
Archival Caption Card: Lt. R.V. Pardue's Lead Crew, 30 Missions Completed, Bottrop Oil Refinery Raid, 11 November 1944
B-24 Liberator Aircrew, Nose Art '150' -- 392nd Bombardment Group, 579th Bomb Squadron, England, November 1944
Officers Toast the Presentation of the Airfield, 392nd Bombardment Group, 14 September 1943
Bomber Crew Group Portrait Beneath Aircraft Landing Gear, 579th Bombardment Squadron
Aircrew and Officer Beside the Nose Turret of B-24 Liberator '478/P', Eighth Air Force, England, 1944 (est.)
Handwritten Caption: LtCol Warren Polking, Commander, 578th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bombardment Group, RAF Wendling, England, 27 August 1944
Portrait of Capt. Myron Kollmar[s], Crew 5, 579th Bomb Squadron, After Return from Wilhelmshaven Mission, 4 November 1943
Archival Caption Card: Capt. Myron Kollmar[s], Returned from Wilhelmshaven Mission, 3rd November 1943
Nose Art Detail, B-24 Liberator "Blanid's Baby," 392nd Bombardment Group, Wendling, England, 1944
Verso Caption Card: "B-24 Nose Art, 392nd Bomb Gp, Wendling, England, 1944"
Officers in Flight Gear Beside B-24 Liberator Nose, Wendling Airfield, England, January 1945