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.
A P-38 Lightning (CG-J, serial number 42-67074) nicknamed "The Texas Ranger" of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '38th FS, 55th FG, 8th Air Force.'
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55th Fighter Group
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The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in... -
38th Fighter Squadron
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42-67074 'Texas Ranger'
P-38 Lightning
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 February 2015 09:59:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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