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Personnel of the 1st Fighter Group (15th Air Force) with No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Kirton-in-Lindsey, July 1942. Letter enclosed with print: 'Ground level left to right: Earl Hille; Robert Williams (deceased, 1 enemy aircraft shot down); George Sutcliffe (1 E/A); Pole (B. Baran); Glenn Hubbard (center) CO 94th FS (1/2 E/A); Jan Zumbach, the CO of No. 303 Polish Squadron; Pole (Jerzy Palusi?ski); Pole (Zygmunt Wodecki); James Harmon (KIA, 1 E/A). 1st step: Donald Starbuck (1 E/A Deceased); Jack Kille; Robert B Wilson; Pole (Zabreski); Robert Neale (3 E/A); Clifford Malzahn; Newell Roberts (5 E/A); Clarence Rimke KIA (1 E/A); Pole (J. Ostrowski). 2nd step, left to right: Pole (Adam Wojda); Everett Humphrey KIA; Pole (Longin Majewski); Pole (Tadeusz Powierza); Wesley Pringle (KIA); Pole (Miros?aw Szelestowski); Norman Widen (POW Deceased); Pole (Stanis?aw Socha); Pole (Antoni Kolubi?ski); Richard McWgeter (KIA 1 E/A); Pole (Maciej Lipinski); Sidney Pennington (KIA); Clark Jennings; Jack Ilfrey (6 E/A). Back row: Lewis Murdock (3 E/A); Pole (Boles?aw Drobi?ski). Drobi?ski identified all the Poles for me several years ago.'

Connections

Units

  • 15th Air Force

    15th Air Force


    The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force. ...

  • 1st Fighter Group

    1st Fighter Group

    Group
    The 1st Fighter Group were initially deployed to Britain in the summer of 1942 as part of Operation Bolero. After shuttling through a number of different bases in the UK, the Group was reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force in September 1942 and supported...

Locations

  • Kirton-in-Lindsey

    Military site : airfield
    Used as an RFC and RAF Home Defence landing ground during the First World War, Kirton-in-Lindsey was built during 1938-40 as an RAF fighter station. It had two grass runways, 10 hardstandings, three grouped C hangars and four over-blister hangars....

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Collection name
Roger Freeman Collection
Object number
FRE 9437

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
02 February 2015 10:00:15 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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