Get help

Find out how you can share your stories, photographs and get the most out of the American Air Museum’s archive.

Explore how-to guides

About our archive

The American Air Museum's archive records the stories of the men and women of the US Army Air Forces who served in Britain and Europe during the Second World War.

Read more

Help searching

Can't find what you're looking for? Take a look at our search guide.

Read archive search guide

Research help

Our guides can help you to research the people, aircraft, places, missions, units, and media which make up your family history.

Explore research guides
Share this

We found 55034 entries

Filter Results

Officers of the 78th Fighter Group sit down to eat in the "O" Club dining room at Duxford air base. On this occasion the meal was a venison steak dish, a gift to the unit by a British landowner. 1943-1945.

FRE 281

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 281
  • Description: Officers of the 78th Fighter Group sit down to eat in the "O" Club dining room at Duxford air base. On this occasion the meal was a venison steak dish...
Ammunition area at Duxford air base where the 78th Fighter Group were based between April 1943 and October 1945. 8 September 1944.

FRE 279

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 279
  • Description: Ammunition area at Duxford air base where the 78th Fighter Group were based between April 1943 and October 1945. 8 September 1944.
Bomb dump at Duxford air base where the 78th Fighter Group were based between April 1943 and October 1945. 9 September 1944.

FRE 278

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 278
  • Description: Bomb dump at Duxford air base where the 78th Fighter Group were based between April 1943 and October 1945. 9 September 1944.
Two officers from the Soviet Union are shown around Duxford air base, home of the 78th Fighter Group, by American officers. 1943-1945.

FRE 276

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 276
  • Description: Two officers from the Soviet Union are shown around Duxford air base, home of the 78th Fighter Group, by American officers. 1943-1945.
Crew of the 78th Fighter Group lounge in front of P-51 Mustang (WZ-I, serial no. 44-72218) at Duxford air base. This aircraft, bearing the nose art 'Big Beautiful Doll', was flown by Colonel John D Landers, Commanding Officer of the 78th Fighter Group, 8th USAAF between February and June 1945. 1945.

FRE 275

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 275
  • Description: Crew of the 78th Fighter Group lounge in front of P-51 Mustang (WZ-I, serial no. 44-72218) at Duxford air base. This aircraft, bearing the nose art...
Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944.

FRE 273

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 273
  • Description: Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944. Was Harry T Lay (Pilot) in this Squadron, he was shot down...
Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944.

FRE 292

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 292
  • Description: Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944.
Armorers of the 78th Fighter Group prepare ammunition rounds in one of the armorers huts, probably at Duxford. 1943-1945.

FRE 306

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 306
  • Description: Armorers of the 78th Fighter Group prepare ammunition rounds in one of the armorers huts, probably at Duxford. 1943-1945.
Major Paul A. Lobingier and Colonel Barton M. Russell of the 20th Fighter Group study a map (censored) 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 sh

FRE 87

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 87
  • Description: Major Paul A. Lobingier and Colonel Barton M. Russell of the 20th Fighter Group study a map (censored) at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed...
Airmen of the 20th Fighter Group jump on bicycles to head over to the aircraft 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

FRE 91

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 91
  • Description: Airmen of the 20th Fighter Group jump on bicycles to head over to the aircraft at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to...
Pilots of the 20th Fighter Group in flying gear hitch a lift on a jeep at Kings Cliffe air base, November 1943.

FRE 88

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 88
  • Description: Pilots of the 20th Fighter Group in flying gear hitch a lift on a jeep at Kings Cliffe air base, November 1943.
Technical Sergeant B.C. Brown (left) and Staff Sergeant Robert Asher of the 20th Fighter Group at work on an Allison engine of a P-38 Lightning at Kings Cliffe air base, November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Associated Press photo shows: T/Sgt. B.C. Brown (left), of Kaweah, California, and S/Sgt. Robert Asher, of Beverley, Kentucky. Sparks and Crew Chief go over an Allison engine. WOR 262256 121143Y'

FRE 89

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 89
  • Description: Technical Sergeant B.C. Brown (left) and Staff Sergeant Robert Asher of the 20th Fighter Group at work on an Allison engine of a P-38 Lightning at...
Ground crew of the 20th Fighter Group with drop tanks for P-38 Lightnings, at Kings Cliffe air base, November 1943.

FRE 90

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 90
  • Description: Ground crew of the 20th Fighter Group with drop tanks for P-38 Lightnings, at Kings Cliffe air base, November 1943.
Ground crew of the 20th Fighter Group carry a drop tank in front of a P-38 Lightning while other crew members are at work on an engine, at Kings Cliffe air base, November 1943.

FRE 92

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 92
  • Description: Ground crew of the 20th Fighter Group carry a drop tank in front of a P-38 Lightning while other crew members are at work on an engine, at Kings...
A German soldier stands beside Captain Carl E. Jackson's captured P-38 Lightning (MC-J) of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group. Nose art is a hand of cards. 20 February 1944.

FRE 93

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 93
  • Description: A German soldier stands beside Captain Carl E. Jackson's captured P-38 Lightning (MC-J) of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group. Nose art is...
Second 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

FRE 85

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 85
  • Description: Second Lieutenant Mack D. Fall, seated in cockpit, and Second Lieutenant William Gall, both pilots with the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air...
Colonel Barton M. Russell and Major David R. McGovern of 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

FRE 86

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 86
  • Description: Colonel Barton M. Russell and Major David R. McGovern of the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to...
20th Fighter Group pilots in the Briefing Room 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

FRE 84

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 84
  • Description: 20th Fighter Group pilots in the Briefing Room at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings Attack Northern...
Major Nathaniel H. Blanton of the 20th Fighter Group speaks to a group of pilots 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 roo

FRE 77

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 77
  • Description: Major Nathaniel H. Blanton of the 20th Fighter Group speaks to a group of pilots at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to...
Pilots of the 20th Fighter Group mill around a P-38 Lightning 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, f

FRE 78

  • Media Type: Image
  • Collection Name: Roger Freeman Collection
  • Object Number: FRE 78
  • Description: Pilots of the 20th Fighter Group mill around a P-38 Lightning at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings...