Roger A Freeman Photographic Collection
Roger A, Freeman was a noted aero-historian who’s specialist subject was the 8th Air Force operations during Word War II. He wrote what is considered the definitive popular history book entitled the ‘Mighty Eighth’ and contributed to many documentaries and films about the Eighth and even acted as technical adviser to David Putnam’s film Memphis Belle.
Freeman was a closely involved in the development of the American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum’s site at Duxford airfield. His photographic collection of the activities of the Eighth consists of over 23,000 prints and slides. These fascinating photographs are held within the museums archives.
MAX has been commissioned to digitise 18,000 images and to re-house them into archival quality sleeves and binders.
Images by Kind Permission of the American Air Museum
