{"product_id":"original-world-war-two-photograph-collection-9th-air-force-xx-bomb-group","title":"Original World War Two Photograph Collection, 8th\/9th Air Force, 386th Bomb Group","description":"\u003cp\u003e71 photographs documenting one man's war. I've not been able to identify the man by name, but there are numerous photographs of him. Other photographs include men with 9th Air Force patches, a B-26 and seem to begin in 1942 in Tampa Bay, Florida and go right through to Northern Europe in France and Belgium (Liege in 1945). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs from England are labelled as being at RAF Boxted in 1943 and RAF Great Dunmow (both in Essex) in 1944. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ties in with the 386th Bomb Group who flew the B-26. They were formed at MacDill Field in Tampa in late 1942. They moved to England in June 1943 as part of the 8th Air Force, arriving at Snetterton Heath, when they almost immediately swapped based with the 96th and moved to RAF Boxted on 10 June 1943. They moved to RAF Great Dunmow on 24 September 1943. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey then transferred to the 9th Air Force, and on 2 October 1944 moved to Beaumont-sur-Oise in Normandy and then Trond in Belgium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fantastic, original collection showing GI life in England and Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hornbeam Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56231075217794,"sku":"386th-pics","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0442\/6471\/8485\/files\/IMG_93761.jpg?v=1768683541","url":"https:\/\/hornbeammilitaria.co.uk\/products\/original-world-war-two-photograph-collection-9th-air-force-xx-bomb-group","provider":"Hornbeam Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}