Day to Day Life images

[Edward]

young kid, balls of steel! (radio operator)
Flew 35 missions. He flew 6 missions with the 303rd from 24 July 1943 to 19 August 1943. Then he flew 29 missions with the 306th BG/367th BS from 19 Feb 1945 to 11 April 1945. While with the 303rd, Grimm was unconscious for more than 30 minutes. He had no discernible heartbeat, suffered multiple lacerations on his forehead and had swallowed his tongue on the 25 July 1943 mission to Hamburg. Further his eyes were frozen shut and his body virtually frozen. He was immediately transported to the base hospital at Molesworth upon landing and recovered shortly thereafter.

 

[Edward]

Two airmen of the 406th Fighter Group (9th AF) enjoy a visit to a French cafe near Louplande. The sign on the cafe railing reads "Welcome here friends, we have not collaborated." Roundels of the British Royal Air Force, French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) and the US Army Air Force star have been painted in order to the right of the crewmen.

 

[B-Man2]

Cool photos!

 

[Pilot]

Thx for sharing.

 

[Edward]

Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group relax with the papers or a pack of cards at a dispersal point rest room at Horsham St. Faith air base. May 1943

 

[B-Man2]

Edward
Great photo. Clearly shows the US airman wearing British escape boots.
Thanks for posting

 

[Greg Gale]

Pilots of the 359th FG in late 1943. By that time their QM ran out of A-2s, and hanev't received any B-10s yet (not until late March 1944), so tanker jackets were issued to the airmen:

 

[Carl]

young kid, balls of steel! (radio operator)
Flew 35 missions. He flew 6 missions with the 303rd from 24 July 1943 to 19 August 1943. Then he flew 29 missions with the 306th BG/367th BS from 19 Feb 1945 to 11 April 1945. While with the 303rd, Grimm was unconscious for more than 30 minutes. He had no discernible heartbeat, suffered multiple lacerations on his forehead and had swallowed his tongue on the 25 July 1943 mission to Hamburg. Further his eyes were frozen shut and his body virtually frozen. He was immediately transported to the base hospital at Molesworth upon landing and recovered shortly thereafter.
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Interesting to see the Type A10 standard mask

 

[Pilot]

What flight suit or trousers are these, with the maps or papers clipped on?

 

[Carl]

@Pilot its hard to tell , but ill take a stab at it being a modified AN6550 flight suit . But i could be wrong !!

 

[Carl]

Because the photo is "fuzzy" another thought that they could be modified A9 trousers , but with Greg saying the photo was taken before the issue of B10 jackets possibly not ??

 

[Greg Gale]

Because the photo is "fuzzy" another thought that they could be modified A9 trousers , but with Greg saying the photo was taken before the issue of B10 jackets possibly not ??

The 359th got their B10s on March 26th 1944, so sometime before that.

 

[Carl]

The 359th got their B10s on March 26th 1944, so sometime before that.

might possibly be the A9 trouser Greg , as the B10 combo was standardised in July 43 .

 

[Carl]

More i look at the pic , i think its a flight suit just by the way its hanging .

 

[Grant]

Lieutenant George T Hartman (centre, with pipe) hands out mail to pilots of the 84th Fighter Squadron of the 78th Fighter Group in August 1943. Hartman was shot down and killed when returning from a bomber escort mission to La Rochelle on 5 January 1944. Several days later, his father George J Hartman received a telegram from the War Department saying that his son - and only child - was missing in action.

 

[Bombing IP]

Notice all the jackets have internal pockets all have stich lines above the outside pocket .

BIP

 

[falcon_ib]

Al Marston, Herman Scearce, and Jack Yankus of the 11th Bomb Group/7th Air Force

11th BG aerial gunner, sometime between March and December 1943

 

[B-Man2]

The photos just keep getting better and better!

 

[Grant]

Cool Kodachrome photo taken at a Bing Crosby concert. Interesting to see the primary colors used for the jacket art are readily available paints used by the ground crews (prop tip yellow, red and blue used for insignia).

 

[Edward]

Cool Kodachrome photo taken at a Bing Crosby concert. Interesting to see the primary colors used for the jacket art are readily available paints used by the ground crews (prop tip yellow, red and blue used for insignia).

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That’s Amazing!!!!! Best Kodachrome I’ve seen thus far! Best post yet! You win today! Lol!