The Jack Cook Collection - 24 photographs, 27th & 94th FS, 1943-45.

Bob Share's Collection - Lots of photographs mostly of the 27th at Foggia, circa1944. 63 High-quality WW2 photos.

Mark Matheney's Collection of the 94th - 29 WW2 photos mostly from North Africa.

Colonel Bob Richard's Collection (1st Fighter Group CO, 19 Sep 43 - 15 Nov 44) - 97 photographs mostly at Foggia (all 3 squadrons plus the Group).

The Ray Smythe Collection - Ray Smythe was a pilot with the 27th Fighter Squadron - 9 photos

Virgil Radcliffe Collection - 8 WW2 photos from North Africa donated by Virg's nephew, Gary Metz.
View Virg's letters back home during WW2

The Ole Larsen Collection - 16 photos of the 27th - mostly at Foggia

The Felix Pasteris Collection - Felix was a crew chief with the 27th - 33 WW2 photos.

The Roy Russell Collection - Roy was a 71st Fighter Squadron pilot and joined the squadron at North Island, San Diego. He flew the Bolero Mission and flew combat missions in England and North Africa. 44 WW2 photos, mostly of North Africa and California.

The John Hawkins Collection by his son James. 5 pics of his 94th FS pilot father

The Marvin Wingrove Collection by his son Peter. 10 pictures of 27 FS personnel

The Charlie McCann Collection Charlie was a pilot with the 71st Fighter Squadron in 1943. 13 pics of 1st FG WW2 award ceremonies

Jim Bertoglio's photographs. 8 WW2 action photos.

The Norman G. Weber Collection

• Selfridge Field and the 27th in the 1930s and 1940s
• The 27th in WWII from January 1945 until the end of the war

The Donald Brenden Collection - These photographs show the GI life before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and will take you from Selfridge Field, to Los Angeles and through the various stops on the flight to England (Operation Bolero) over the North Atlantic. Donald Brenden was a crew chief with the 27th Fighter Squadron. These photographs were scanned by his son Paul. 42 photos, majority from Selfridge Field, MI.

The Lee Settergren Collection - Lee was a crew chief in all three 1st Fighter squadrons at one time or another.  His photographs range from pre-Pearl Harbor to the jet era (post-WWII), when the 1st flew P-80s, and are organized by location and time period.

Lee Settergren's Photo Album - 15 Pages of photos from Selfridge Field, Michigan through Korea. Lee was a crew chief with the 1st Fighter Group in all 3 squadrons.

Many veterans of the 1st have submitted their photos for preservation and publication on our website.  We have listed the largest contributors of pictures above.