8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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P-51D 44-11205 “Lulu Lil” KI-Abar. Damaged in a landing accident on 21st June 1945 by Lt. W. Lowman
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
55th Fighter Squadron
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44-11205 'Be Good/Brownies Ballroom' 'Lulu Lil'
P-51 Mustang
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Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other...
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| 27 December 2015 17:23:21 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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