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Armorers of 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base. The building on the right with the stove pipe chimney was the Armament Office. The two men on the far right of the photograph were ground officers with the 55th Fighter Squadron. The man on the far right of the photograph is First Lieutenant Thomas N. Godfrey of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and second on the right is Major Mathew P. Cicero of Rockford, Illinois.

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Armorers of 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base. The building on the right with the stove pipe chimney was the Armament Office. The two men on the far right of the photograph were ground officers with the 55th Fighter Squadron. The man on the far right of the photograph is First Lieutenant Thomas N. Godfrey of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and second on the right is Major Mathew P. Cicero of Rockford, Illinois.

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Units

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

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

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

People

Armorers of 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base. The building on the right with the stove pipe chimney was the Armament Office. The two men on the far right of the photograph were ground officers with the 55th Fighter Squadron. The man on the far right of the photograph is First Lieutenant Thomas N. Godfrey of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and second on the right is Major Mathew P. Cicero of Rockford, Illinois.

Mathew P Cicero

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Adjutant

Armorers of 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base. The building on the right with the stove pipe chimney was the Armament Office. The two men on the far right of the photograph were ground officers with the 55th Fighter Squadron. The man on the far right of the photograph is First Lieutenant Thomas N. Godfrey of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and second on the right is Major Mathew P. Cicero of Rockford, Illinois.

Thomas N Godfrey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Squadron Armament Officer

Locations

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

Revisions

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:42:42

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection