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black and white photograph of a group of men in front of an airplane
Maître Lydie BRIOULT

61 - A photographic enlargement showing a crew from the 385th Bom…
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Estimate €70 - €100
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Description
A photographic enlargement showing a crew from the 385th Bomb Group returning from the first daytime raid on Berlin on 6 March 1944. The gunners are collecting their weapons to clean them and handing their escape pouches back to their officer. This pouch contained a silk map and currency from the area overflown, as well as photographs of the airman in civilian clothes, intended for use by the Resistance in producing false papers. Mounted under glass. Recent print, based on a photograph from the collection of Irvin Courtad, an on-board photographer with the 385th BG Dimensions: 68 x 49 cm (Grégory Pons Collection)
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About the sale Sale of the Grégory Pons collection and miscellaneous items (Aviation and WW2 Militaria)
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Auction time 11/14/2026 at 1:30 PM
Lot description modified on 09/11/2026 at 3:08 PM
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