FRE 2407

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P-38 Lightnings of the 20th Fighter Group line up for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Moving up from dispersals to takeoff runway. 26819.' On reverse: Part of either 'Press Censor ETO' or 'General Section Press & Censorship Bureau' US Army [Stamp]. Printed caption from reverse: 'P-38's. Lightning P-38's, Those fast, twin-engined fighter planes are now being used with great effect as long-range escorts for flying Fortresses and Lancasters in raids over Germany. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: Lightning P-38's move up along the runway as they take off on an operational flight. WOR 262268/9 121143Y.' [caption]. 'passed for publication 12 Nov 1943' [stamp].

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection