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
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A P-38 Lightning (KI-Z, serial number 42-67052) of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '55th F.S., 20th F.G., 8th Air Force.'
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
55th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Arthur Rowley
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
11 December 1943 P38H 42-67052 suffered a landing accident when the gear collapsed at Nuthamstead/Sta 131. 'Art' was unhurt but with A/C 42-67052 categorized as Cat3 damaged. Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Aircraft
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42-67052
P-38 Lightning
P38H 42-67052 suffered a landing accident when the gear collapsed at Nuthamstead/Sta 131. 'Art' was unhurt but with A/C 42-67052 categorized as Cat3 damaged. 11 December 1943.
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Nuthampstead
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th... -
Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other...
