Aerial photograph of smoke plumes rising from aerial bombing of Schwerte, Germany, 1944

Gift of Peggy Wallace, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Photograph, aerial. Smoke plumes rising from aerial bombing of city. Personal Caption: "Swerte [sic], Ger. 1944 / Transportation & munitions / Swerte / Please return." Schwerte, Germany. 1944

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1944
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Items from the service of First Lt. Robert Clifford Galloway, who was born in Overton, Nevada on 23 November 1919. He registered for the draft in 1941 and joined the US Army Air Forces. He trained at the Hondo Army Air Field in Texas and graduated from flight school in August of 1944. Galloway was sent to England and served as the lead navigator of a B-17 with the 398th Bombardment Group, 601st Bombardment Squadron, Eighth Air Force. His crew conducted bombing raids to Germany through the winter of 1944 and into the spring of 1945. Galloway served with the USAAF after the war. He died on 2 May 1996 in Dorchester, Maryland. Collection includes around 60 photographs and about 30 documents related to Galloway's wartime service.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Aerial bombings--Germany
Aerial photographs--Germany
Cities & towns--Germany
Smoke--Germany