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611 SQUADRON with dog see post above FY-S SPITFIRE & PILOTS WITH MASCOT of 611 SQUADRON RAF BIGGIN HILL in 1942

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Helmut Rüffler Ritterkreuzträger vom Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" JG3 23-12-1942 Wednesday

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374th Bomb Squadron Ubangi Bag B-24 Bomber Jacket 3rd pic: notive abscense of airplane nick name. All of the photographs listed this week belonged to Jim Nolan. He was with the 374th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, 14th Air Force.

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  1. WWII US GI Photo - GI In 374th Bomb Squadron Ubangi Bag B-24 Bomber Jacket | eBay
  2. WWII US GI Photo - GI In 374th Bomb Squadron Patch Ubangi Bag B-24 Jacket | eBay
  3. WWII US GI Photo - 374th Bomb Squadron GI w/ Unit Patch On Jacket In Group Photo | eBay

Consolidated B-24D-20-CO 41-24194 Ubangi Bag, was originally assigned to the 14th Air Force, the 308th Bomb Group, and the 374th Bomb Squadron. It was sent back to the united states in late 1943 on a War Bond Tour.https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-24194

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Maurice Halna du Fretay quite a man.

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Descended from a family of Breton nobility , he was the son of Maurice-Jehan, Baron Halna du Fretay, and Marie-Noémie Fourtier-Rouget (bornDecember 13, 1891in Saint-Brieuc ) [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] and the great-grandson of archaeologist Maurice Halna du Fretay . He studied at the College of Dinan . In 1937 , he took flying lessons at Dinan aerodrome and, after a year, obtained his private plane pilot's license and then that of aircraft mechanic. He also bought a 45 hp Zlin XII , a small Czech passenger plane .


As he prepares to study law at the Faculty of Rennes , war breaks out, inseptember 1939. A month later, he signed a pre-enlistment in the Air Force. Student pilot at the Elementary Pilot School No. 24 in Dinan then, inapril 1940, student sailor in Aulnat , he was demobilized after the armistice of June 22, 1940 without having been able to participate in the defense of his country.


Back home onAugust 25, 1940, he leaves occupied France aboard his personal plane, a Czechoslovakian ZLIN-XII, hidden, dismantled, in the family property, the Ranléon mansion; he reassembles it clandestinely and takes off from the driveway of the mansion, in the company of an officer of the Legion and lands in Dorchester ( England ) onNovember 15, 1940[ 3 ] .


Enlisted in the Free French Air Force after a stint at the Patriotic School , he completed an internship at 51 Operational Training Unit , before being posted to 607 Squadron of the Royal Air Force , with which he completed his first mission on November 27, 1941.


Assigned to 174 Squadron in the spring of 1942 , he carried out numerous missions over France . He is decorated with the cross of the Order of the Liberation onFebruary 1 , 1942. InAugust 1942, his squadron provided air cover for Operation Jubilee , organizing an Allied landing at Dieppe . Returning from the operation, around 2 p.m., his Hawker Hurricane IIc disappeared at sea, the same day as his squadron leader , Émile "François" Fayolle [ 4 ] . His body could never be found. On the cabin of his Hurricane, he had inscribed the mottos: " Breizh dalc'h mad " ("Brittany, hold on!") and " Kentoc'h marvel " ("Rather death", beginning of the motto of Anne de Bretagne : "Rather death than defilement") [ 5 ].
 
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Picture taken on 10-07-1943 Thursday. 17-07-1943 Saturday the crew did not return. Hauptmann von der Ropp Oberleutnant Schlafender FW Bernreuter Uoff Loesche Feindflug Fernaufklärer 4./(F)121 Orel 1943.

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Robert L Crain Blues in the Nigh flight jacket

i find 2 but cant link Crain

Boeing B-17E 41-9209
B-17G-70-BO 43-37866


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No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron of No.3 Group RAF Bomber Command RAF Downham Market.

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