UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Pilots of the 20th Fighter Group stand around a map at Kingscliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. Censor has drawn lines across the 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 bri
UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Pilots of the 20th Fighter Group stand around a map at Kingscliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. Censor has drawn lines across the 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:-'Lightnings' going up at full speed. Pool/SG/H. Keystone 255.' 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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