FRE 63

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Mechanics of the 20th Fighter Group at a work table beside P-38H Lightning serial 42-67016 with engine covers up 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:- Loading ammunition before a mission. U.S. Pool/SG/H. Keystone 13-46a-49-75-75b-76.'

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Aircraft

Second Lieutenant Jack Martin, First Lieutenant Merle B. Nicholas, Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Hanzo and Second Lieutenant Marion F. Bench of the 20th Fighter Group rest on the handlebars of their bicycles in front of a P-38 Lightning 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
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

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Date:
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

Lockheed construction number on nose (1527) translates to AAF serial 42-67016.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection