Preview
Date
1942
Creation Date
2008-06-13
Description
Black & White photograph montage of various shots of the United States Eighth Army Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group in England, circa 1942. The first seven images reveal life for the 93rd Bomb Group on their base. The bottom left image shows a British civilian taking a break from work and holding up an edition of the "Daily Mail" newspaper that shows the headline, "Allies Smash Casablanca Fleet", and sub-headline, "British Navy Shatters Oran Resistance." The middle bottom image shows two British women shoveling dirt. An enlisted man is being served by a gentleman running the NAAFI [Navy, Army, Air Force Institutes] canteen in the bottom right image.
Digital Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection, 1942-1945
Collection Number
SpC MS 0006
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/3/
Object Type
Photograph
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Europe--United Kingdom--England;
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
World War (1939-1945)--Aerial operations, American--Photographs, United States--Army Air Forces--History--Photographs, Soldiers--United States--Photographs, Vehicles, Military--Photographs, Military bases, American--Photographs, Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes--Photographs, England--History--Photographs, Great Britain--History--Photographs, Newspapers--Great Britain--Photographs, World War (1939-1945)--Women--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 7, 11. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.