Richard T Stovall
Military
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FRE 68
First Lieutenant Thomas F. Hetherington of the 20th Fighter Group explains a manoeuvre to First Lieutenant Richard T. Stovall 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 line, from runways to skyways and contest with the enemy, each mission represents expert planning by Operations and Intelligence and the brains and sweat of every man who prepares an order or tightens a screw on a prop. Photo shows:- L to R: 1st Lt. Thomas F. Hetherington, San Antonio, Texas and 1/Lt. Richard T. Stovall, Galene, Ill. U.S. Pool/SG/H. Keystone 38.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Flt Commander
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Glendale, California |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
King's Cliffe Memorial Edition