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Stephan L White

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in mid-air collision in P-38 Lightning 42-12928 on 26 January 1943, while flying from Goxhill to Langford Lodge.

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From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

82nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-12928

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Dunsop Fell

Site type: Aircraft crash site
Known as: Forest of Bowland

Aerial photograph of Goxhill airfield looking north west, the control tower and technical site with two T2 hangars and a J-Type hangar is at the bottom, barrack sites are top left, 8 June 1942. Photograph taken on sortie number RAF/UK753. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Goxhill

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		26 January 1943

Revisions

Date1 Nov 2019 15:46:27

ContributorEmily

Changes

Sources

Gary Fry, Eagles of Duxford, p 17

Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team