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Two members of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. On the left is Intelligence Officer First Lieutenant Edward J. Stainev, of Ford City, Penn, and on the right is pilot Captain Carl Jackson of Pana, Illinois. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings Attack Northern France. Versatile P-38 Lightnings, flashing their power across the English Channel for the fi
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 61
  • Description: Two members of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October...
Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, CO of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base, July 1944. He stands beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 105
  • Description: Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, CO of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base, July 1944. He stands beside P-38J Lightning (MC...
Muddy scene at Kings Cliffe air base where the 20th Fighter Group were stationed between 26 August 1943 and 11 October 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 104
  • Description: Muddy scene at Kings Cliffe air base where the 20th Fighter Group were stationed between 26 August 1943 and 11 October 1945.
Tents, blister hangar and, in the centre, an engineers hut, at Kings Cliffe air base where the 20th Fighter Group were stationed between 26 August 1943 and 11 October 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 103
  • Description: Tents, blister hangar and, in the centre, an engineers hut, at Kings Cliffe air base where the 20th Fighter Group were stationed between 26 August...
Airmen of the 20th Fighter Group  stand outside the Mess area at Kings Cliffe.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 102
  • Description: Airmen of the 20th Fighter Group stand outside the Mess area at Kings Cliffe.
Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands in front of aircraft named "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 107
  • Description: Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands in front of aircraft...
Pilot of the 20th Fighter Group, which was based at Kings Cliffe air base between 26 August 1943 and 11 October 1945.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 106
  • Description: Captain James M. "Slick" Morris, 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th FG, with his assigned P-38J-10-LO, s/n 42-67717, nicknamed "My Dad/Til We Meet Again"...
Lieutenant Cary Salter, a pilot of the 354th Fighter Group with a two seat P-51 Mustang (GR-B). Image via Cary Salter. Salter has handwritten on the reverse: '353 Ftr Sqdn- 354 Ftr Group, Jun 1945. GRB were initials of George R Bickell, commander of 354th Group at end of WWII. George died in October 1987. GRB was a two seat P-51B and had previously been named "The Stars Looks Down". Gen Eisenhower had been a passenger, flown by Ged Edward Queseda, on July 4 1944 as they looked over the Normandy beach area
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 425
  • Description: Lieutenant Cary Salter, a pilot of the 354th Fighter Group with a two seat P-51 Mustang (GR-B). Image via Cary Salter. Salter has handwritten on the...
Lieutenant Cary Salter, a pilot of the 354th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang (FT-?, serial number 44-63747) nicknamed "Charlotte's Chariot II". Image via Cary Salter. Salter has handwritten on the reverse: '353 Ftr Sqdn, 354 Ftr Group, June 1945, Herzogenaurach, Germany. FT-?'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 427
  • Description: Lieutenant Cary Salter, a pilot of the 354th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang (FT-π), serial number 44-63747) nicknamed "Charlotte's Chariot II"...
A P-51 Mustang (AJ-U, serial number 43-12216) of the 354th Fighter Group in flight. Printed caption on reverse: '50373 AC- A 9th Air Force North American P-51 "Mustang" in flight. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '356FS P-51 over a 'solid' undercart.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 428
  • Description: A P-51 Mustang (AJ-U, serial number 43-12216) of the 354th Fighter Group in flight. Printed caption on reverse: '50373 AC- A 9th Air Force North...
Two P-51 Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group take off from Boxted airfield. Printed caption on reverse: '10372 AC- 9th AF North American P-51 "Mustangs" taking off from an airfield in England. US Air Force Photo.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 429
  • Description: Two P-51 Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group take off from Boxted airfield. Printed caption on reverse: '10372 AC- 9th AF North American P-51...
An Armorer of the 354th Bomb Group discusses ammunition, loaded into the wing of a P-51 Mustang with Flying Officer Ferguson and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski, both detached from the RAF to fly with the 354th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ground crewman examining 0.50-Cal guns in Mustang with Flying Officer Ferguson and Flt Lt Witold Lanowski- RAF pilots flying with 354th FG.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 430
  • Description: An Armorer of the 354th Bomb Group discusses ammunition, loaded into the wing of a P-51 Mustang with Flt Lt Tadeusz Sawicz and Flight Lieutenant...
Polish airmen of the 354th Fighter Group, formerly with the RAF read a newspaper.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 432
  • Description: F/L Lanny Lanowski PAF with 1Lt Bob Goodnight and 1Lt Harry Fisk of the 356th FS look over Lanowski's logbook at Boxted.
General Dwight D Eisenhower and General Pete Quesada sit in the cockpit of a two-seat P-51 Mustang of the 354th Fighter Group. Handwritten on negative: 'Gen Eisenhower & Gen Pete Quesada in 2 seat P-51. NA Skyline Vol 5 #5 Dec 44.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 401
  • Description: General Dwight D Eisenhower and General Pete Quesada sit in the cockpit of a two-seat P-51 Mustang of the 354th Fighter Group. Handwritten on negative...
P-38 Lightning pilots of the 55th Fighter Group huddle at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 109
  • Description: P-38 Lightning pilots of the 55th Fighter Group huddle at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to...
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 110
  • 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 Orville E. Goodman of the 55th Fighter Group receives pills from Flight Surgeon Captain A.R. Garnett at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lt. O.E. Goodman, of Alhambra, Calif., a Lightning P-38 pilot is given vita pills by Flight Surgeon Capt. A.R. Garnett, of Norfolk, Va.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 108
  • Description: Lieutenant Orville E. Goodman of the 55th Fighter Group receives pills from Flight Surgeon Captain A.R. Garnett at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for...
Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 398
  • Description: Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at...
Six pilots of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, stand in front of P-51 Mustang "M for Margie" beside No 2 Hangar at Boxted. Left to right they are: Lieutenant Wah Kau Kong, Captain Wallace Emmer, Captain Don Beerbower, Captain Jack Bradley, Lieutenant James Parsons and Captain James Cannon. Passed by the censor 27 January 1944.
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 397
  • Description: Six pilots of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, stand in front of P-51 Mustang "M for Margie" beside No 2 Hangar at Boxted. Left to...
Pilot of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, reports to ground crew after returning from a mission. The P-51 Mustang carries the marking "Suga'".
  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 394
  • Description: Capt Chuck Lasko of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, reports to ground crew after returning from a mission. The P-51 Mustang carries...