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Pilot and ground crew ( Cpl Edwin Everhart, T/Sgt Richard Lang, Sgt George Lucky) of P-38J Lightning, named by the crew "Betsy VI". Pilot of the aircraft was First Lieutenant Russell W Bebout of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, which was based at Kings Cliffe air base.
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Pilot and ground crew of P-38J Lightning, named by the crew "Betsy VI". Pilot of the aircraft was First Lieutenant Russell W. Bebout of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, which was based at Kings Cliffe air base.
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...
Squadron
Military | Corporal | Ground Crew
Military | Corporal
Military | Sergeant
Military | King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth
At 6pm on 3 September 1939, King George VI spoke to the people of Britain and the Empire. In his radio broadcast, he talked of the difficult times ahead and urged his people to stand firm.
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Military site : airfield
Kings Cliffe began as a satellite air base for the Group based at nearby Wittering. The 56th Fighter Group, however, were all based at Kings Cliffe and it was here that the pilots trained in P-47 Thunderbolts and flew their first missions in the...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 October 2016 20:13:53 | Al_Skiff | Changes to caption, unit associations and person associations |
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Roger Freeman Collection |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2014 15:21:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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