33rd Fighter Group

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Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force move the wreck of a French aircraft away from a P-40 Warhawk (serial number 41-14270) nicknamed "Belchin' Bessie" in Port Lyautey, Morocco, 1942. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 21 Nov 1942.' [stamp] and '234316.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Keystone Photo Shows: An Airfield at Port Lyautey showing a burnt out French plane which is being removed by Americans to clear the way for their own media-458214.jpg FRE 10377 Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force move the wreck of a French aircraft away from a P-40 Warhawk (serial number 41-14270) nicknamed "Belchin' Bessie" in Port Lyautey, Morocco, 1942. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 21 Nov 1942.' [stamp] and '234316.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Keystone Photo Shows: An Airfield at Port Lyautey showing a burnt out French plane which is being removed by Americans to clear the way for their own planes. In the background is an American Fighter.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '114270 'Belchin Bessie'.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 10377 - Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force move the wreck of a French aircraft away from a P-40 Warhawk (serial number 41-14270)...

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15 January 1941

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Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph L. Mason of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. 29 January 1944.

Joseph Lennard Mason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 33rd Fighter Group 59th Fighter Squadron 324th Fighter Group
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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33rd Fighter Group: Gallery (5 items)

Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force move the wreck of a French aircraft away from a P-40 Warhawk (serial number 41-14270) nicknamed "Belchin' Bessie" in Port Lyautey, Morocco, 1942. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 21 Nov 1942.' [stamp] and '234316.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Keystone Photo Shows: An Airfield at Port Lyautey showing a burnt out French plane which is being removed by Americans to clear the way for their own

Object number: FRE 10376 - Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th...

Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force move the wreck of a French aircraft away from a P-40 Warhawk (serial number 41-14270) nicknamed "Belchin' Bessie" in Port Lyautey, Morocco, 1942. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 21 Nov 1942.' [stamp] and '234316.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Keystone Photo Shows: An Airfield at Port Lyautey showing a burnt out French plane which is being removed by Americans to clear the way for their own

Object number: FRE 10377 - Ground personnel of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th...

Three P-47 Thunderbolts of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force in Kunming, China, 20 April 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '93076 USAF- The first three Republic P-47 Thunderbolts to arrive at Kunming, China are shown parked on the line. They arrived on 20 April 1944 US Air Force photo.'

Object number: FRE 9532 - Three P-47 Thunderbolts of the 33rd Fighter Group...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (877, serial number 42-23194) of the 33rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force. Printed caption on reverse: '69043 AC- Republic P-47 Thunderbolts parked on the line at a 14th Air Force base in China, 14 August 1944.'

Object number: FRE 9603 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (877, serial number 42-23194)...

Colonel Philip G Cochran of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. Colonel Hubert Zemke (classmate and commander of the 56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Col Philip G Cochran, never a member of the 56th but a classmate in the flying school and with the 8th Persuit Group at Langley Field, New Port, Va, Pre WWII. Went with the 33rd Fitr Group in North Africa for the push from Morocco to Tunisia. Later assisted and [illegible] the 1st Air Commando Wing, which assited the British Gen Winga

Object number: FRE 9988 - Colonel Philip G Cochran of the 33rd Fighter Group...