8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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IWM catalogue record
This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.
The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (QP-N, serial number 42-7919) nicknamed "Lilliput"of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group that crash landed when the landing gear failed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Almost certainly 4FG. Probably QP-N - style of nose art. Wormwell via C. Thomas.'
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4th Fighter Group
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter... -
334th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
The 334th Fighter Squadron was the successor to No. 71 Eagle squadron of the Royal Air Force when the 4th Fighter Group was activated on 12 September 1942. They were based at Debden Field, Essex. The "Fighting Eagles" as they were called, flew...
Aircraft
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42-7919 'Lilliput'
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 23rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, 9AF USAAF.
Locations
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Debden
Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
