FRE 11424

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Colonel David Schilling, commanding officer of the 31st Fighter-Escort Wing, stands by the nose of a F-84 Thunderjet at Anderson AFB, Guam, as part of the inaugural entire-wing (with both mid-air refuels and conventional stops) trans-Pacific July 1952 flight from Turner AFB in Georgia to Misawa AFB in Japan. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col. D. Schilling (centre), CO of 31 F.E.W. on Trans-Pacific flight (Fox Peter One) July '52, from Turner AFB, Ga., to Yokote[sic] AFB, Japan. F-84G-5-RE. 51-1058 (FS-058-A). 31st F.E.W. Anderson AFB, Guam. 13/7/52. 31/6/15. [Copyright] U.S.A.F., [via] Chaz Bowyer.' On reverse: R.L. Ward [Stamp].

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection (uploaded May/2023)