AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES GO HOME BY SEA: By Way of Speke Airport and Pocket Aircraft-carriers
... THE SCENE ON THE AIRFIELD AT SPEKE, NEAR LIVERPOOL One hundred and forty-five first-line aircraft of the U.S. Eighth and Ninth Air Forces parked in a dispersal area awaiting processing for re-deployment to the U.S. and, eventually, service in the Pacific war zone. None of these aircraft have flown more than 100 combat hours, and they still carry their guns and bomb-racks EACH WHITE DISC ...