AIR VICE MARSHAL C. E. N. GUEST, air officer commanding No. 1 Group, Bomber Command Royal Air Force (seen at centre); welcomes the crew members of the first of the GO United States Superfortresses to arrive in Britain on. July 17. He met some of the 1500 American fliers who were to be based on the three R.A.F. airfields in the Lincoln area for a few weeks before flying to Germany. The aircraft, accompanied by Skymaster transports carrying ground crews and equipment, make up the biggest peacetime air armada to cross the Atlantic.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 August 1948, Page 5
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93AIR VICE MARSHAL C. E. N. GUEST, air officer commanding No. 1 Group, Bomber Command Royal Air Force (seen at centre); welcomes the crew members of the first of the GO United States Superfortresses to arrive in Britain on. July 17. He met some of the 1500 American fliers who were to be based on the three R.A.F. airfields in the Lincoln area for a few weeks before flying to Germany. The aircraft, accompanied by Skymaster transports carrying ground crews and equipment, make up the biggest peacetime air armada to cross the Atlantic. Greymouth Evening Star, 17 August 1948, Page 5
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