First Lieutenant Ralph K. "KIDD" Hofer, of the 4th Fighter Group, based at Debden, in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'American Thunderbolt Fighters are proving a terror to the Germans. The pilots (former members of the RAF) flying their high altitude fast diving fighters that have accounted for many enemy planes. In one raid over Paris the fighters of this Station accounted for 17 down, 5 probables and one damaged 15/10/43'. And 'O.P,S, Flying Officer Ralph Hofer on his first mission against the enemy brought down a German fighter and then went on to shoot up a flak ship.'