Photograph Archive
Photographs of the 306th
The association's photograph collections, from crew portraits and strike photography to daily life on the station at Thurleigh.
Each collection below opens its own index. Albums within a collection open in the photograph viewer.
Collections10 collections
- Aircraft Photographs 211 items — Photographs filed by aircraft serial number, covering individual B-17s assigned to the group.
- Aircraft Status Reports 27 items — Status reports recording the serviceable strength of the group's aircraft.
- Base Life at Thurleigh 1 albums · 20 photographs — The station itself: hardstands and hangars, housing, the bomb dump, athletics, and entertainment.
- Civilian & British Support 1 albums · 47 photographs — The group's relationship with the surrounding Bedfordshire community and its British hosts.
- Combat & Aerial Photographs 1 albums · 143 photographs — Strike photographs, formation shots, and aerial views taken on operations.
- Crew Photographs 329 airmen — Portraits and crew cards of 306th airmen, filed by surname. Many are photographed front and back, the reverse carrying the crew's own annotations.
- Personal Collections 9 albums · 727 photographs — Photographs donated as a single collection by one veteran or family.
- Personnel, 1942–1945 33 albums · 750 photographs — Squadron and unit photographs covering the men of the 306th across the whole period of operations.
- Special Subjects 5 albums · 115 photographs — Collections gathered around a particular theme, event, or subject.
- Veteran Hero Gallery 1,205 veterans · 1,189 photographs — Portraits of WWII veterans gathered by Cliff Deets.