https://youtu.be/8uNub_mj_bY | American Air Museum

UPL 35211

VIDEO

Colonel Huie H Lamb Jr of the 78th Fighter Group shares his first impressions of England and life at Duxford. Extract of interview conducted by Carl Warner of the Imperial War Museum, 31 October 2014 inside the Officer's Mess at Duxford

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Units

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

82nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Huie H Lamb

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-708700
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Locations

Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

Revisions

Date: 18 Sep 2018 10:50:27

ContributorEmily

ChangesCreated entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations

Sources

Reupload of UPL 15695 after video embed link broke

Oral history interview conducted by IWM for American Air Museum displays