UPL 45478
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P-51B "Hat Jane" 354th FS-355th FG-8th AF This ship was first coded WR-A and was recoded WR-P when it was lost on 7 June 1944. Hit by Flak in the vicinity of Nogent-le-Rotrou, the pilot Robert D. Couture succeeded in making a belly landing on the side of a small hill near the village of Vicheres. This ship had been christened by Captain Robert Kurtz after his sister.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Hat Jane
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
Locations
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
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