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11 photos tagged leatherjacket, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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• SDASM Archives 5 photos
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• State Library of Queensland 1 photo
• North East Museums 1 photo
• Smithsonian Institution 1 photo

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"The North's Leading Dog Food Specialist", Grainger Market

from North East Museums

• Optimal Shock said:

  This is a fantastic collection. A great record of a time and place. Thanks to you and Mr. Hope for making these available.

• Maximfr said:

  Beautiful point of view!

• G Luff said:

  such a great image.

• Mark Simm said:

  Bring back memory's.....I work at there warehouse for a few weeks....grand total pay was £8 a week even then the average wadge was £30......

World War One Personnel E.S. Brewer

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  Edward Slocum Brewer (1896-1984) www.findagrave.com/memorial/120153364/edward-slocum-brewer

The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron, just before he climbs aboard his huge YN-17 bombing plane (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:

  I'm going to presume this image is mis-titled, and that this is a YB-17 pilot.

• perfgeek said:

  I thought that by 1942 they were calling them B-17's and had dropped the "Y" bit but I guess not?

• Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:

  These photos were taken at Langley Field, where the first dozen YB-17s were delivered (in 1937) and test flown by the 2nd Bombardment Group (of which this guy is a member, presumably). I have no reason to believe that the designation being used here isn't correct, as I haven't found any record of the YB-17s being taken out of service. Even by 1942 I can't see why they wouldn't still use the YB-17s for anti-submarine warfare, which the primary mission of the 2nd until they transferred to North Africa in October of 1942.

• invincible dinner said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called American Soldiers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• Shouvik Roy said:

  Wow ! He looks so confident and determined.