RAF Burtonwood: AS INVASION NEARS - men, planes, weapons and supplies wait in immense…

RAF Burtonwood, April 13, 194

SC 189699Field no. ETO-HQ-44-3198RG 111

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AS INVASION NEARS - men, planes, weapons and supplies wait in immense quantities in the United Kingdom. This maze of self-sealing fuel cells for Flying Fortress bombers is somewhere in the European Theater of Operations. The tanks will be placed on the bombers for their missions over Nazi-held territory. Sgt. Lee A. Jones, Dayton, Ohio, of the Army Air Forces, is keeping tabs on the tanks. British Isles, April 13, 1944.

Date: April 13, 194
Place: RAF Burtonwood · approximate position
Photographer: Meyer
People: Sgt Lee A. Jones
SC number: 189699
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-3198
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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