
Caption | LCol Jimmy Stewart, 2nd Bomb Wing Executive Officer, speaks with Maj John Dowswell in front of Dowswell’s B-24J Liberator “Betty” at RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Sept 1944. Dowswell had just piloted his crippled aircraft back to England from Germany. ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via D. Sheley | |||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Norfolk, England, United Kingdom | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Added Date | 15 Jan 2013 | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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Damaged by flak on a mission to Misburg, Germany Sept 11 1944, Dowswell ordered his crew to bail out as he flew back to England. He made it but 6 crewmen became POW’s and 3 evaded back to Allied lines.