FRE 85
IMAGESecond Lieutenant Mack D. Fall, seated in cockpit, and Second Lieutenant William Gall, both pilots with the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings Attack Northern France. Versatile P-38 Lightnings, flashing their power across the English Channel for the first time in a combat role, bring new serial phase into the European Theatre of Operations. Well-trained pilots - some of them already experienced in the other theatres of war - and ground crews swear by their ships. From briefing room to flying line, from runways to skyways and contest with the enemy, each mission represents expert planning by Operations and Intelligence and the brains and sweat of every man who prepares an order or tightens a screw on a prop. Photo shows:- 2/Lt. Mack D. Fall, San Matea, California; and 2/Lt. William Gall, Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S. Pool/SG/H. Keystone 21.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730428
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (365th Fighter Group) Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-737764
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe