No. 71 Squadron RAF
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No. 71 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron. The number has been used three times: once by the Royal Flying Corps for an Australian Flying Corps squadron; in the Second World War as the fi
A Hawker Hurricane fight of No. 71 Squadron at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 1941
Pilot Officer C W "Red" McColpin of No 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF, standing by his Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB at North Weald, Essex
4th Fighter Group
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The 4th Fighter Group was an American element of the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force during World War II. The group was known as the Debden Eagles because it was created from the three
No. 71 Squadron RAF
…September the squadron, together with the other two Eagle squadrons, was transferred to the US Army Air Forces, becoming the 334th Fighter Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group. On 16 September 1950 a new 71 Squadron was formed at RAF Gütersloh with de Havilland Vampire fighter-bombers, joining the Second Tactical Air Force…
P-51D Mustang of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Lieutenant Howard Hively of the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group with his dog mascot "Duke" and a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden, October 1943
Triple ace Ralph Kidd Hofer in his P-47 Thunderbolt "Sho-Me".
Don Gentile (left) and Donald Blakeslee receiving the Distinguished Service Cross from General Dwight D. Eisenhower