Lester A Reifeiss
Military
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FRE 295
From left to right: Technical Sergeant Lester A. Reifeiss and Sergeant Jasper Taylor of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, make repairs on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt after its return to Duxford air base. Passed for publication 13 August 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At U.S. Thunderbolts Station. This series of pictures is a graphic story of the everyday activities of a Thunderbolt P 47 group which includes some of the finest fighter pilots - record holders of the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain. Keystone Picture shows: O.P.S. T.Sgt. Lester A. Reifeiss (St. Louis, Mo.) and Sgt. Jasper Taylor (Oklahoma), members of the ground crew repairing P 47 after return to base. (L to R). U.S. Pool/F. Keystone 1,2,3, SG.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book Duxford Diary by the Duxford Aviation Society, 1989 edition