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Personnel of the 56th Fighter Group look at the guns on a P-47 Thunderbolt. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. "Thunderbolt" Comes To Britain ... America's New Fighter 'Plane. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Baring its fangs. A member of the ground staff indicates with both pride and satisifaction the deadly "teeth" of the "Thunderbolt". TET 255703, TET 255704, TET 255705. 11-3-43-T.' On reverse: Associated Press, Not To Be Released Before, US Army Press Censor ETO and US
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War correspondent Gladwin Hill is shown the armament on P-47 Thunderbolt 41-6209 by a ground crewman of the 56th Fighter Group, probably at Kings Cliffe air base where the 56th FG were based from 13 January 1943 to 5 April 1943. MAJ Loren G. "Mac" McCollom sits in the cockpit. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. "Thunderbolt" Comes To Britain ... America's New Fighter 'Plane. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Baring its fangs. A member of the ground staff indicates with both pride and satisifaction the deadly "teeth" of the "Thunderbolt". TET 255703, TET 255704, TET 255705. 11-3-43-T.' On reverse: Associated Press, Not To Be Released Before, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

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Captain Bernard Thompson of the 387th Bomb Group and War Correspondent Gladwin Hill of the Associated Press, in the cockpit of a B-26 Marauder. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 8 May 1944.' [stamp] and '319310.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AP War Correspondent Pays A Visit To A Marauder Base "Somewhere In England". Associated Press Photo Shows:- Left, Gladwyn Hill, A.P. War Correspondent sits in the cockpit of a Marauder, right pilot Capt. Bernar

Gladwin Hill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: The Writing 69th
  • Role/Job: War Correspondent
Major Loren G. McCollom, of the 56th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Major Loren G. McCollom, 1943.'

Loren George McCollom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-393150
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot

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A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 41-6209) of the 56th Fighter Group prepares to take at Kings Cliffe, 11 March 1943. Passed for publication 11 Mar 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '7 & 8. The new P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane photographed at a U.S. Amry Air Force station "somewhere in England". And March 11th 1943 PN.' On reverse: Planet News, Not To Be Released Before, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

41-6209

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to caption
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The serial number is visible in photo, on data stencil adjacent to armorer's head.

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to unit associations
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=41-6209+&Submit=…

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption, person associations and place associations
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Identified Gladwin Hill from other photos of him in the Roger Freeman Collection e.g. https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/11659

Date: 2 Feb 2015 09:59:53
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection