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Pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group walk as a group towards their P-47 Thunderbolts. Left to right the pilots are: Dick H. Mudge, Leslie C. Smith, Joseph R. Curtis, Kirkby N. Tracy, Joe H. Powers, Major Francis S. Gabreski, Norman E. Brooks, Donald D. Renwick and Loren G. McCollom. Passed for publication 10 May 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'The "Thunderbolt" in Britain - and the men who fly it. Associated Press photo shows: Fighter pilots who are now flying "Thunderbolts" n
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 171
  • Description: Pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group walk as a group towards their P-47 Thunderbolts. Left to right the pilots are: Dick H. Mudge...
Colonel David C. Schilling, ace pilot and Commanding Officer of the 56th Fighter Group, probably at Boxted air base, 14 January 1945. The 56th FG were based at Boxted air base from 18 April 1944 to 9 September 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 170
  • Description: Colonel David C. Schilling, ace pilot and Commanding Officer of the 56th Fighter Group, probably at Boxted air base, 14 January 1945. The 56th FG were...
Pilot and ground crew member with P-51 Mustang (CL-L, serial number 43-25037) of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, named "Jesie-May".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 166
  • Description: Pilot and ground crew member with P-51 Mustang (CL-L, serial number 43-25037) of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, named "Jesie-May".
Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti, a pilot of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 165
  • Description: Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti, a pilot of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group.
Crash landing of P-51 Mustang of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, (CY-?), 1944 - 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 164
  • Description: Crash landing of P-51 Mustang of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, (CY-?), 1944 - 1945. Error in picture caption "335G-4G" and in the...
Pilots of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, consult a map at Wormingford air base, 17 April 1945. In the centre is Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 163
  • Description: Pilots of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, consult a map at Wormingford air base, 17 April 1945. In the centre is Lieutenant-Colonel...
P-38 Lightning pilots of the 20th Fighter Group listen to a briefing at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings Attack Northern France. Versatile P-38 Lightnings, flashing their power across the English Channel for the first time in a combat role, bring new serial phase into the European Theatre of Operations. Well-trained pilots - some of them already experienced in the other theatres of war - and ground crews swear by their ships. From briefing room to flying
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 162
  • Description: P-38 Lightning pilots of the 20th Fighter Group listen to a briefing at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print:...
P-38 Lightning crews of the 55th Fighter Group are briefed at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightning crews are briefed before setting out on an operational flight.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 161
  • Description: P-38 Lightning crews of the 55th Fighter Group are briefed at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached...
Pilots and crew of the 55th Fighter Group, stand with J. Frank Dobie, a well-known Texan writer, in front of P-38J Lightning named "Texas Ranger" at Nuthampstead air base. Left to right they are: Captain Gerald F. Leinweber, J. Frank Dobie, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins, Major Dallas W. Webb and Technical Sergeant Carl R. Causey.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 160
  • Description: Pilots and crew of the 55th Fighter Group, stand with J. Frank Dobie, a well-known Texan writer, in front of P-38J Lightning named "Texas Ranger" at...
Pilots of the 55th Fighter Group meet the Mayor of Colchester, 1944 - 1945. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti; Colonel George T. Crowell; Mr. Arthur W. Piper, Mayor of Colchester; unknown; Colonel Joe Huddleston.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 168
  • Description: Pilots of the 55th Fighter Group meet the Mayor of Colchester, 1944 - 1945. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti; Colonel...
Sergeant Richard Cleary and Sergeant Julius Rhodes of the 55th Fighter Group wipe snow from a P-51 Mustang to begin preparations for an escort mission over German supply lines in the Ardennes salient, Belgium, January 1945. Printed caption attached to print: PNA EA 39147. Ground crew checks U.S. fighter plane. Two ground crewmen disregard cold and snow to complete adjustments on this P-51 Mustang, about to take off with a fighter group escorting American bombers on a mission over German supply lines in th
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 167
  • Description: Sergeant Richard Cleary and Sergeant Julius Rhodes of the 55th Fighter Group wipe snow from a P-51 Mustang to begin preparations for an escort mission...
Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins, CO of the 55th Fighter Group, stands in front of P-38J Lightning named "Texas Ranger" at Nuthampstead air base. He has swapped hats with J. Frank Dobie, a well-known Texan writer, who had come to visit him.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 151
  • Description: Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins, CO of the 55th Fighter Group, stands in front of P-38J Lightning named "Texas Ranger" at Nuthampstead air base. He...
A P-38 Lightning (CG-C, serial number 42-67064) of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, probably at Nuthampstead air base, where the 55th FG were stationed. Passed for publication 27 October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Flight Photo no. LI.34 A three-quarter rear view of the Lightning.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 150
  • Description: A P-38 Lightning (CG-C, serial number 42-67064) of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, probably at Nuthampstead air base, where the 55th FG...
Captain James A. Hancock and crew of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, in front of P-38 Lightning (CG-H) named "Repulsive".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 153
  • Description: Captain James A. Hancock and crew of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, in front of P-38 Lightning (CG-H) named "Repulsive".
Sergeant Robert Flaiz, a radio mechanic with the 55th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of a P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Sgt. Robert Flaiz, of Quincy, Ill., a radio mechanic in the cockpit of a Lightning P-38 test the microphone before setting out on an operational flight.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 152
  • Description: Sergeant Robert Flaiz, a radio mechanic with the 55th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of a P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for...
Lieutenant-Colonel Mark K. Shipman of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, beside a P-38 Lightning.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 155
  • Description: Lieutenant-Colonel Mark K. Shipman of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, beside a P-38 Lightning.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frank B. James, a pilot with the 55th Fighter Group, walks past a P-38 Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 154
  • Description: Lieutenant-Colonel Frank B. James, a pilot with the 55th Fighter Group, walks past a P-38 Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication...
Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, stands in front of P-38 Lightning (CG-J, serial number 42-67074), named "Texas Ranger", with ground crew members, at Nuthampstead air base, November or December 1943.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 157
  • Description: Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, stands in front of P-38 Lightning (CG-J, serial number 42-67074)...
Captain Joseph Myers and crew of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, beside P-38J Lightning (CG-O, serial number 42-67685), named "Journey's End".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 156
  • Description: Captain Joseph Myers and crew of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, beside P-38J Lightning (CG-O, serial number 42-67685), named "Journey...
Part of a door cover from P-38 Lightning named "Vivacious Vera" (CY-L, serial number 42-67053), flown by pilots of the 55th Fighter Group. Text has been added beside 'Vera'. It reads: 'This part of door cover retrieved from wreckage of P-38H5LO 42-67053 with the squadron letters CY-L. Flown first at Lockheed Liverpool Air Depot by C.H. Wilson, Chief Test Pilot, Lockheed;-9-15-43 1st ship to arrive at this field, 9-21-43 1st person to fly plane on this field; Col. Frank B. James, 9-22-43. Originally assign
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 158
  • Description: Part of a door cover from P-38 Lightning named "Vivacious Vera" (CY-L, serial number 42-67053), flown by pilots of the 55th Fighter Group. Text has...