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U-boat Prisoners landing from HMS Starling, 24th February 1944
24 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

BOMB DAMAGE: 1944
25 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL AREA.
Locations: AUGSBURG (Primary) FURTH (Primary) REGENSBURG (Primary) STUTTGART (Primary)
Mission date: 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Walter McCartie. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak and fighters over Karlsruhe and crashed SE of Pirmasens, GR on a mission to Furth, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100323. Killed in Action (KIA). AM w/ 3 Oak
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Ira Gordon. Co-Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Joseph Gay crew. Reported to ETO on 13 Sept 1943. Shot down by ME109s and crashed near Sedan, FR on a missio to Augsberg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30728. KIA. AM, PH
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

Onbekend
25 February 1944
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum

Second Lieutenant Clarence Aaberg. Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. Clarence Aaberg was Killed on Mission (KOM) on 25 Feb 1944 while flying as the pilot of B-17G 42-37855 'Mr Terrific', of the 711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. It is believed that
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Robert Cooper. Co-Pilot, 457th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Mont St Martin, Fance on a mission to Augsberg, Germany on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31517. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Waldron Snyder. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by FW190s and crashed W of Herxheim, GR on a mission to Furth, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-24D #41-24147 'Evelyn the Duchess'. Killed in Action (KIA). AM w/
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

Sergeant Marion Ross. Left Waist Gunner , 457th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Mont St Martin, FR on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31517. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant Jerrold Brown. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak and fighters over Karlsruhe and crashed SE of Pirmasens, GR on a mission to Furth, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100323. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 25 February 1944
American Air Museum

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

ALLIED PREPARATIONS FOR D-DAY
26 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND
26 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
26 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

Motion och idrott
27 February 1944
Kulturarv Västernorrland

THE BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO, JANUARY-MAY 1944
27 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

Grupporträtt av elever vid F 2, 1944. Utrustade med vapen.
28 February 1944
Flygvapenmuseum

Grupporträtt av elever vid korpralskolan på F 2, 1944. Flygplansmekaniker vid trappa.
28 February 1944
Flygvapenmuseum

Grupporträtt av elever vid korpralskolan på F 2, 1944. Signalister utrustade med vapen, vid trappa
28 February 1944
Flygvapenmuseum

Grupporträtt av fem elever vid korpralskolan på F 2, 1944. Torpedmekaniker vid trappa.
28 February 1944
Flygvapenmuseum

Grupporträtt av fem elever vid vice korpralskolan på F 2, 1944. Torpedmekaniker, utrustade med vapen vid trappa.
28 February 1944
Flygvapenmuseum

Lieutenant Robert Fraser. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Robert B. Frazer was killed on 28 February 1944, when his P-51 Mustang QP-N, Serial No. 43-6656, flicked over due to torque at low landing speed. While returning from a local flight in Mustan
Died 28 February 1944
American Air Museum

Ritning
28 February 1944
Sjöhistoriska museet

Second Lieutenant Francis Thackray. Observer, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-24H #42-7593 'Blunder Bus. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters the a/c lost some engines , caught fire and crew baled out. A/c exploded and
Died 28 February 1944
American Air Museum

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
28 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

V-1 MISSILE SITES.
Locations: ECALLES SUR BUCHY (Primary)
Mission date: 28 February 1944
American Air Museum

A papier-mache cow on Mrs Mellor’s car, 1944
Taken 29 Feb 1944
Australian War Memorial collection

AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.
Locations: Brunswick, Germany
Mission date: 29 February 1944
American Air Museum

Ritning
29 February 1944
Sjöhistoriska museet

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
29 February 1944
Imperial War Museum

Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Berntsson, Fr. Sonja Gla Turisth. Här".
1 March 1944
Bohusläns museum

Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Berntsson, Herr Arthur Stenungsund".
1 March 1944
Bohusläns museum

Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Gustafsson, Herr Johannes Broan Ucklum".
1 March 1944
Bohusläns museum

Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Hellandsjö, Fru Gertrud Här Norsk".
1 March 1944
Bohusläns museum

Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Henriques, Fröken Solgården Dansk".
1 March 1944
Bohusläns museum

Isolerad dörr? Billig engelsk apparat.
1 March 1944
Tekniska museet

Lava flow from Vesuvius with erupting material in background, March 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Lieutenant Charles Gumm. Pilot / Ace [7.5 kill], 354th Fighter Group. In a cruel twist of fate, Lt. Gumm's career ended very unexpectedly on 1st March, 1944 when he made the ultimate sacrifice. The P-51 Mustang (P-51B1, 43-12165) he was checking out
Died 1 March 1944
American Air Museum

Mount Vesuvius and Children from Covered Homes
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Mt. Vesuvius eruption, Naples, 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Mt. Vesuvius eruption, San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Ritning
1 March 1944
Sjöhistoriska museet

Temporary Captain Angus Buchanan VC , South Wales Borderers
Died 1 March 1944
Lives of the First World War

Unidentified couple watching Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Spring 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
1 March 1944
Imperial War Museum

Untitled-exposed interior of church destroyed by lava, San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Vesuvius in Eruption, March 1944
1 March 1944
Imperial War Museum

Women volunteer workers doing up clothing parcels at the ACF rooms (taken for Australian Comforts Fund), Sydney, 1944 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Mar 1944
State Library of New South Wales collection

250 BUNDLES DROPPED.
Locations: AMEINS CAEN CHARTRES RENNES ROUEN
Mission date: 2 March 1944
American Air Museum

BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIR DEPOT INDUSTRIAL AREA MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA.
Locations: CHARTRES (Primary) FISCHBACH (Opportunistic) FRANKFURT/MAIN (Primar
Mission date: 2 March 1944
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant George Villinger. Fighter pilot, 4th Fighter Group. George Villinger has joined the 336th Fighter Squadron as a replacement pilot in August 1943. He was the first 4th Fighter Group pilot to be killed in action flying a Mustang, on 2 March
Died 2 March 1944
American Air Museum

Flight Officer Louis Sonnefeld. Co-Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Crashed at Hellesdon, Norwich after takeoff for 1st operational mission on 2 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-28669. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH.
Died 2 March 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Charles Mankin. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak and crashed E of Albert at Fricourt, FR on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 2 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-100345. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 March 1944
American Air Museum

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