Richard T Stovall

Military
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 media-376962.jpg 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

Object Number - 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...

Flt Commander



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Wing
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

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Born

Glendale, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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