AMERICAN AIR STATIONS
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. INSPECTED BY THE KING AND QUEEN. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) RUGBY, May 27. The King and Queen recently visited two United States Eighth Air Force operational stations in one morning. They inspected planes, crews and installations of both fighter and bomber commands, showing keen interest in all details. At the fighter station, their Majesties mounted the control tower and watched three squadrons of P47s take off and fly past in formation. They later visited a bomber station and inspected the battle-scarred Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1943, Page 2
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96AMERICAN AIR STATIONS Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1943, Page 2
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