The Snapshots in Time Collection

USAAF Officers Beside Avro York Transport Aircraft "E," Wendling Airfield, England, January 1945

USAAF Officers Beside Avro York Transport Aircraft "E," Wendling Airfield, England, January 1945

Three U.S. Army Air Forces officers pose before an Avro York transport - a passenger and cargo variant of the British Lancaster bomber - at Wendling airfield, England, January 1945. Identified as Major Myron Keilman, commander of the 579th Bomb Squadron, and Major Harrison Cassell, squadron operations officer, with a visiting relative, the photograph illustrates Allied cooperation and the varied aircraft encountered on Eighth Air Force bases late in the war. Project: 218554