Four members of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew pose together beside their aircraft, marked '150' on the nose, after completing their combat mission tour in November 1944. Likely airmen of the 392nd Bombardment Group's 579th Bomb Squadron, based in England, they wear a mix of fleece-lined flight jackets, an insulated flying suit, and a Mae West life vest -- standard cold-weather gear for high-altitude missions over occupied Europe. Photographs like this one, often annotated by hand with crew names and mission counts, were treasured mementos marking survival through a demanding and dangerous tour of duty in the strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany. Project: 218550