Americans at Duxford

• Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are greeted by Brigadier Frank Hunter and Major General Ira Eaker of the 8th US Army Air Forces on a visit to Duxford, 26 May 1943. (© IWM CH 19214)

• Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Pilots from the 78th Fighter Group, US 8th Army Air Force relaxing outside the Squadron 'ready room', late summer 1944. (© IWM HU 31937)

• Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Republic P-47C and D Thunderbolts of the 78th Fighter Group lined up on the airfield, winter 1943. (© IWM HU 57985)

• Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Bob Hope, accompanied by Francis Langford, sitting in the cockpit of Captain R E Eby's Republic P-47C Thunderbolt 'Vee Gaile' (82nd FS/78th FG), during their USO show visit to Duxford, 2 July 1943. (© IWM HU 57979)

• Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Americans at RAF Duxford 1943-1945

  Wing Commander S L Matthews, Station Commander at Duxford, at the handover of the station to the US 8th Airforce, 1943. (© IWM HU 51427)