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A formation of 44th BG B-24s, taken from the waist window of a bomber
Airmen and ground crews of the 44th Bomb Group gather around the American Red Cross Clubmobile adjacent the runway. ✈️
The number of combat missions flown by a B-24J is denoted on its fuselage, as shown here. Each hash mark is in the shape of a bomb and is painted after a successful return to Shipdham Airfield. ⁠
B-24 Q for Queenie of the 44th Bomb Group was assigned to Sub Patrol missions during the summer of 1943.⁠
Sugar Baby, a P-47 fighter, is inspected by heavy bomber crews after an emergency landing at a B-24 base in East Anglia. ⁠
Carlos Villar with Booty the dog at Shipdham Airfield during WWII.⁠
American airmen at a heavy bomber base in East Anglia read "Stars and Stripes" and drink soda outside the American Red Cross Club in the few warm days of summer. ⁠
A B-24 flies low over one of the T-2 hangar at Shipdham Airfield on return from a mission.

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