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44-15326 Sizzlin Liz

A P-51 Mustang (QP-H) nicknamed "Sizzlin' Liz" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group at Debden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '402nd F.S., 370th F.G., 9th Air Force.'

media-457977.jpg FRE 10219 A P-51 Mustang (QP-H) nicknamed "Sizzlin' Liz" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group at Debden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '402nd F.S., 370th F.G., 9th Air Force.' Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 10219 - A P-51 Mustang (QP-H) nicknamed "Sizzlin' Liz" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group at Debden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '402nd...

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Personnel talk to Lieutenant-Colonel Oscar Coen of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Groupin the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt after a mission over Paris, 15 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'American Thunderbolt fighters are proving a terror to the German pilots (former members of the R.A.F.). Flying their high altitude fast diving fighters, that have accounted for many enemy planes. In the raid over Paris the fighters of this station accounted for 17 down, 5 probables and one damaged. 1

334th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Thunderbolt pilots of the 4th Fighter Group in the briefing room at Debden. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944. In the centre of the image, looking straight at the camera is James A. Goodson. On the far right of the shot, wearing a garrison cap, is Lieutenant Paul S. Riley. The two men at the front of the shot, sitting on wicker chairs, are, left to right Lieutenant James A. Clark and Lieutenant Spiros S. Pisanos. Printed caption attached to print

4th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

77th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Gerald Emerson Montgomery

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-2044920, T-190568
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Deputy Wing Commander

Places

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

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A P-51 Mustang (QP-H) nicknamed "Sizzlin' Liz" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group at Debden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '402nd F.S., 370th F.G., 9th Air Force.'

Object number: FRE 10219 - A P-51 Mustang (QP-H) nicknamed "Sizzlin' Liz" of...