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Album 3 - Tunison
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'Pelto' at Communal Living Site 6
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'Dawson' in the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt
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'Pelto' with a sign with the letters reading 'WACs'
'WACs' stands for 'Womens Army Corps'
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'Biagi' and 'Dumbarton'
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'Biagi' and 'Howard'
B.T.O. # 2, # I, Respectively
'Biagi' and 'Howard' are looking towards
Building 14 which is Section 7 Orderly Room
To the right is Building 5 the Dining rooms
In the background is Brook House
Farm & out Buildings & also
Air Raid Shelter number 9
at Communal Living site 6
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'Moseman & Dawson'
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'Woody & Pelto' at site 6
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'Ol droopy wings'
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
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'Pelto' in front of a
B-17 'Batting AV 57'
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'Pelto' in the rear
Turret 'Stinger'
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'Cox & Buesing'
in front of building 7 at site 6
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De Havilland Mosquito 'Skeeter'
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L/R is Woody, Wells, Althouse, and Pelto,
in the background is:
Building 7 & Air Raid Shelter 10 at Site 6
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Unknown 8th Air Force
Personnel at Site 6
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'Woods' In front of Building 7 at Site 6
in the right background are the
buildings of the Technical Site
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McCracken 'Cracker'
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In front of the P-38 from the left are:
Mc Bride, Woods, and Bolan
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'Daniel' in Limey Mustang
taken from the P-51 Wing
Time is 10 in the
evening & raining
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'Danny' in a towing tractor
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A-20 on runway 04
in the background is a B-17 from the 96th
Bomb Group based at Snetterton Heath UK
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'Pelto' in a P-38 Lockheed Lightning
in the background is the L-Type Hangars at E-Site
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'Pelto' in the cockpit of a North
American B-25 Mitchell
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'Mike Biagi' in front of
an Air Raid Shelter
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'Pelto' Bails out
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Left to Right are:
'Lewis, Danson, and Pelto'
in front of a P-38 Lightning
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B-17s in 'Sad Shack' Dispersals
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Ronald J. Wood
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'Northrop' P-61 Black Widow
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'No Stomach Giles' in the Cockpit
of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
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The following 4 photos are of the Douglas C-54
Skymasters at Burtonwood in Civilian Clothes
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The following 3 photos are of C-46s hauling
cargo out of BAD1 Burtonwood after VE Day
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Dakota
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American Red Cross Club at
Princes Street Edinburgh
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Zoo
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The cemetery grounds of St Peter's
churchyard at Village Road Heswall
The American in the photo is
Jimmy England [Limey John]
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St Peters Church with a part 14th Century tower
The main body of the Church was rebuilt in 1879
A Chapel was added in 1893 by J F Doyle
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The construction of the Church started in 1306 and had a grade 2 listed tower
The American serviceman in the photo is unknown
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This Grave dates back to 1620
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Part Roofers Nightmare
The Church is just across the road from the Black Horse Pub
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B -17 Internee from Sweden [no numbers on the rudder]
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'Tunison' in front of B - 17 'OL FOUR TEN'
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B-17 'Quittin Time' 105 Missions DIR Depot
Inspection Repair at A-Site Burtonwood
34 Missions to date - 1742 - 31530/Quittin Time
Production Block to B - 17 G2O - BO - 42 - 31432 to 42 - 31631
Manufacturer Boeing
100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron Salvaged 31st May 1945
Missions 107
Delivered Denver 19/ 11/ 43
Spokane 22/ 11 /43
Kearney 12/12/ 43 with Ricih Hoggff Force Landed Base 14/12 43
Prestwick 16/1/44
Assigned 351 Bomb Squadron100 Bomb Group [EP - X] Thorpe Abbotts 17/1/44
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The last crew of the B-17 'Quittin Time'
of the 100th bomb group 351st Squadron
8th United States Army Air Force
All of the crew has survived 34
missions on this B-17 to date
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P-47s In dispersal 1 Waiting shipment
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P-38 Test pilot 'Hoag'
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P-38 Test pilot 'Maier'
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Jimmy England [Limey John] in the cockpit of the
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 'Fightin Gator'
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This photo is of a very special aircraft in WW2.
It is the Republic P47 Thunderbolt 'Fightin Gator Y8' at Burtonwood USAAF in 1945.The aircraft was piloted by Fred Varn's of the 404th Fighter Group 507 Squadron. The aircraft was donated by Republic Employees & it completed 200 missions without a technical abort.
The aircraft was painted with the employee-donated plaque and the ribbons of the distinguished flying cross, the medal, and the purple heart.
Norman Greider on the wing of the P-47Thunderbolt
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Rocky Ryals/jimmy england
(not sure yet? waiting for update)
Standing outside the black horse hotel at
School Hill Heswall on the Wirral Merseyside/Cheshire
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Norman Greider outside of the black horse
hotel on the Wales Cheshire boundary
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Jean Hilton and Rylas outside of
the front of the Black Horse Hotel
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Jean Hilton and Greider at the Black Horse
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The Black Horse Hotel Nookie Room is on the top floor
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The Black Horse was built in 1843
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Greider at the river dee on the Wirral
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Bents Globe Wine Tavern, and Whiskey Cache for
England and Ryals, at Wallesy near Birkenhead
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Phil outside of the Globe Wine Tavern at Wallasey
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Cox and Terry at Liverpool Lime Street
Railway Station [the Lime Street special]
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Douglas A-26 Invader the offspring
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Take off on runway 33
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Kochany in front of a B-24J Consolidated Liberator called the Pregnant Whale
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Momma A-20 Hovoc
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Death Trap Consolidated B-24 Liberator
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B-17 from the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath
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Super Gooney Bird Curtis C-46 Commando
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A Bloody Dakota Y Know
In the right background is E-Site
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P-38 Lockheed Lighting
Note the C-Type Hangars in the Background at Mary Ann Site
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 'Somebody's Goofin off'
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B-26 Marauder
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Fairey Barracuda Rolls Powered
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Approach to Edinburgh Castle Scotland
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Monument of General Carl Haig at Edinburgh
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Dean Bridge at old Edinburgh
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Draw bridge Edinburgh
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Miller aboard the ferry boat to North Queens, on the Firth of Forth
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SGT Bill Bohn on the same Ferry on the Firth of Forth
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The other ferry returning on the Firth of Forth
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Miller at Sir Walter Scot's memorial at Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh
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Sterling Castle Scotland
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Jimmy Mc Harg and Miller at Sterling Castle
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Jimmy Mc Harg and SGT Bill Bohn
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Luss- Between Balloch and Ardlui near Loch Lomond
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Firth of Forth Railway Bridge....1,700 feet long
370 feet high with 150 feet clearance
56 lives lost during construction
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P-47 fuel system
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P-47 oil system
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Flight Test Thanksgiving 1944
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Flight Test Thanksgiving 1944 Names
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Millers Friends at Penketh in Lancashire
Omichinski and the Clarkes cat
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Omichinski and Mr. and Mrs Clarke
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Miller and Daphne
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Miller and Mr and Mrs Clark
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Omichinski and Miller
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Omichinski and Miller
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Daphne Clarke and Omichinski
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An English Fireplace
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Daphne Clarke and Omichinski COLOR
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