Place | Europe: Italy |
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Accession Number | MEA0876 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Le Guay, Laurence Craddock |
Place made | Italy |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Ground crew staff around an American Liberator aircraft (forground) and B-17 Flying Fortress ...
Description
Ground crew staff around an American Liberator aircraft (forground) and B-17 Flying Fortress 23147 (42-3147) "Homesick Angel" on a landing ground in Italy. The "homesick Angel" crashed in France on 16 November 1943. All the crew were killed except for Staff Sergeant Kenneth O Eslick, USAAF, who was taken prisoner of war (POW) and interned in Stalag 17B.