UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Pilot of the 353rd Fighter Group in the briefing room. The three pilots along the front row are part of the 350th Fighter Squadron. Left to right they are: Lt. Thomas Lorance, Lt. William W. Odom and and Capt. Dewey E. Newhart. In one of the rows behind, in the middle of the photo, is Lt. Clint H. Sperry of the 352nd Fighter Squadron. This was probably taken at Metfield air base where the Group was stationed between 3 August 1943 and 12 April 1944. Passed for publication 29 October caption on reverse: '"Thunderbolts from Brita
UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Pilot of the 353rd Fighter Group in the briefing room. The three pilots along the front row are part of the 350th Fighter Squadron. Left to right they are: Lt. Thomas Lorance, Lt. William W. Odom and and Capt. Dewey E. Newhart. In one of the rows behind, in the middle of the photo, is Lt. Clint H. Sperry of the 352nd Fighter Squadron. This was probably taken at Metfield air base where the Group was stationed between 3 August 1943 and 12 April 1944. Passed for publication 29 October caption on reverse: '"Thunderbolts from Britain". These pictures, taken by Sam Goldstein, war correspondent for the pool, at an 8th Fighter Command air base located "somewhere in England", show the pilots of an American P-47 "Thunderbolts" fighter group as they prepare for a mission to escort their "big friends", the Flying Fortresses to a target someplace in enemy occupied Continental Europe. - Every day, squadron after squadron of these powerful little fighter ships take off from airdromes all over England to escort the big bombers waiting to be taken into shows: Lts. Tom Lorance, Vernon, Texas; William W. Odom, Ashburn, Ga., and Capt. Dewey E. Newhart, St. Joseph, Mo., listen attentively to their instructions during briefing. 38.' Keystone290564 Print, loose , United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, 353rd Fighter Group
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