UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Armorers of the 20th Fighter Group load up a P-38 Lightning with ammunition at Kings Cliffe air base, October 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
UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Armorers of the 20th Fighter Group load up a P-38 Lightning with ammunition at Kings Cliffe air base, October 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. Pool/SG/H. Keystone 13-46a-49-75-75b-76.'.' Print, loose , United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, 20th Fighter Group
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