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8TH Air Force POWs Release Germany 1945


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Great photo! And a great piece of history.

 

Interesting how the women are referrred to as "Red Cross Girls" instead of volunteers or something more formal.

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Thanks for posting the photo. Miles McCormick was from my hometown. I never knew him but may have known or went to school with some of his relatives.

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Red Cross photo 8TH Air Force POW release Germany 5/3/1945

 

Crater,

 

Thanks for posting this photo. That's William E. Moreland,RWG on the 2nd Lt. Mark Wilson crew, 100th BG, 349th BS, Crew went down on 5 June,1944 BOULOGNE and nice to see Moreland. Have little on him after he went down.

 

Their crew page is here http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews3/wilson.htm

 

They normally flew SHILAYLEE but were on a new ship when they went down.

 

Jack

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Thanks for posting the crew page.

 

Is that a giant Red Cross banner on the roof?

 

This photo is part of a group of photos from an estate sale. The owner who was moving had been a custom designer for Warner Bros. These were used in the making of the WWII movie 'Force Of Arms' from 1951. This was the only Aircraft & Aviation photo I'll post the rest in Latest Fines & Acquisitions. There's some great original WWII photo's - Dec 7 Pearl Harbor, POW's in France & Germany. Iran....

 

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