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Ye Olde Pub
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Ye Olde Pub Crew Photo
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This is probably not a photo of Ye Olde Pub despite the source
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Bertrand Coulombe
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A Higher Call by Adam Makos
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Bertrand Coulombe Airman ID
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Coulombe Family Photo (cir. 1954): Germaine (mother), Bertrand (father), Ronnie (oldest son), Charlene (daughter). Paul (youngest son) not shown.
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Ye Olde Pub crew transferred to Carol Dawn. Bertrand Coulombe shown in middle row, third man in on right side.
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Carol Dawn flight jacket showing missions completed.
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Distinguished Flying Cross (cir. 1944) and Silver Star (posthumously in 2008) awarded to Bertrand Coulombe.
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Bertrand Coulombe (enlistment photo)
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Bertrand Coulombe (post-war photo)
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"Frenchy" Coulombe (Post War)
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Flight gear (flight engineer and top turret gunner)
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379th Bomber Group Patch (Latin motto means "Strength and Accuracy")
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Flak over Nazi Germany
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Top turret gun
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Top turret gun position inside B17
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Approximate route of Ye Olde Pub on December 20, 1943
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B17 "bombs away"
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Kimbolton Airfield - Home of the 379th Bomber Group
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Seething Airfield - where the damaged Ye Olde Pub landed on December 20, 1943
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Quonset hut briefing room, Kimbolton Airfield
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Kimbolton Airfield Tower
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Kimbolton Tower (1943)
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Both towers at Kimbolton Airfield (cir. 1977)
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Franz Stigler - german fighter pilot who spared Ye Olde Pub
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Frank Stigler (cir. 1993) - with our sincerest thanks, The Coulombe Family
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2nd Lt. Charles Brown - pilot of Ye Olde Pub and Carol Dawn
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S.Lt. Charlie L. Brown's award certificate and citation, Feb 2008.jpg
Lt. Brown And Crew Pose Beside The Boeing B-17 'Carol Dawn' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 8 April 1944. - Page 1
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