British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Sergeant Raymond W Szatkowski from South Hedley Falls, Massachusetts helps Corporal C M Marchbanks into an asbestos fire-fighting suit at an airfield somewhere in Britain, as a B17 Flying Fortress lands behind them following a mission over the Ruhr. The asbestos suit enables the wearer to work for several minutes in fire, enough time to rescue any trapped crew members should an aircraft catch fire on landing. The aircraft features the letters UX, indicating that it is an aircraft of 407 Squadron, 92

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British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Sergeant Raymond W Szatkowski from South Hedley Falls, Massachusetts helps Corporal C M Marchbanks into an asbestos fire-fighting suit at an airfield somewhere in Britain, as a B17 Flying Fortress lands behind them following a mission over the Ruhr. The asbestos suit enables the wearer to work for several minutes in fire, enough time to rescue any trapped crew members should an aircraft catch fire on landing. The aircraft features the letters UX, indicating that it is an aircraft of 407 Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group.

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