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the blue book is open on a white surface with a white backgroundblack and white photograph of a group of men in front of an airplaneblack and white photo of an old airplane flying in the skyan old photo of a group of people and a plane in a casean old black and white photo of a plane flying over a body of wateran old black and white photo of a city with lots of buildingsseveral black and white photos of a plane flying over a body of watera black and white photo of a plane flying above the cloudsan old photo of a plane flying in the skyan old black and white photo of airplanes flying over a cityseveral airplanes flying in formation in the sky with smoke coming out of themseveral black and white photos of airplanes flying in the skya lot of airplanes flying in the sky togethera lot of planes flying in the sky with smoke coming out of themseveral black and white photos of airplanes flying over a body of waterseveral black and white photos of airplanes and planes in the airseveral old black and white photos of a plane in a fieldthree black and white photos of airplanes flying in the skya black and white photo of a person ' s hand holding a pictureseveral black and white photographs of a man and a woman in spaceseveral black and white photos of airplanes in a display caseseveral black and white photos of a man surfing in the oceanseveral black and white photos of people and airplanes in a display casea black and white photo of a group of men in uniforma black and white photo of a group of men in military uniformsa black and white photo of a group of men standing around a tablean old black and white photo of a bunch of old photostwo black and white photos of a man sitting on top of an airplaneseveral old black and white photos of men in suits and tiesseveral old black and white photos of men standing in front of an airplanefour black and white photos of airplanes flying in the skyan old black and white photo of an aerial view of a citya lot of airplanes flying in the sky in this pictureseveral black and white photos of a train and a train tracka black and white photo of a man flying a planea black and white photo of an old photo of a farmblack and white photograph of a group of airplanes flying over snow covered mountainstwo planes flying over the ocean on a cloudy dayseveral photos of airplanes flying over a body of wateran old black and white photo of a desert area with tents and tentsa black and white photo of a large plume of smokean old photo of two planes flying in the skya piece of paper that has writing on itan old photo of a blue folder with a map on top of ita black and white photo of an aerial view of a citya black and white photo of a man and a woman in the snowan old black and white photo of a large explosion of smokean old black and white photo of a city with smoke coming out of ita piece of paper with stamps on it sitting on a tablemany old photos of people and buildings on the table
Maître Lydie BRIOULT

Photograph album belonging to Staff Sergeant W.
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Photograph album belonging to Staff Sergeant W. Romanchuk, 301st Bomb Group – 15th Air Force – Italy (100 original photographs) This non-commissioned officer is identified by his name appearing on an envelope containing a letter dated 14 September 1944 addressed to his parents, bearing marks indicating it had been examined by a censorship officer. This envelope contained a bundle of vintage postcards of Rome and Capri. This folder contains photographs of the 301st BG command staff, photographs of B-17s in flight bearing the unit’s combat markings, an impressive large-format photograph of a B-17 shot down and ablaze over Italy, a B-17 flying through a barrage of flak, bombs being dropped over a large Italian warship at anchor (protected by anti-torpedo nets), an Italian warship exploding at sea, B-17s that had made emergency landings, P-38 escort fighters, General Spaatz, commander of the 15th Air Force, on a visit, wreckage of German aircraft (Ju-52 and Me-323 Gigant) and Italian aircraft (Macchi C-200), a photograph of world boxing champion Joe Louis on tour in Italy with the Allied forces, formations of B-17s in flight en route to the target, photographs of the eruption of Vesuvius in March 1944, and finally a collection of large-format square prints taken during the bombing raids over the target: these show bombs hurtling towards the target, air bases, explosions from Flak barrage shells, and bombs striking ships at sea. (Grégory Pons Collection) (full photo dossier available on request)
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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
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