David R McGovern
Military
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FRE 71
Major Nathaniel B. Blanton, Major Robert Montgomery and Major David R. McGovern of the 20th Fighter Group stand with bicycle in front of P-38 Lightning at Kings Cliffe air base, while Lieutenant-Colonel Barton M. Russell, the Group's Commanding Officer, takes a photograph, 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:- Major Nathaniel B. Blanton, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Major Robert Montgomery, Bethlehem, Pa., Major David R. McGovern, Butte, Montana and Lt. Col. Barton Russell, C.O. U.S. Pool/SG/H. Keystone 75a.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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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: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born Transferred |
Providence, Rhode Island |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- King's Cliffe Memorial Edition