Pershing Brint Trumble

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media-36949.jpeg UPL 36949 Page from Target Victory, 11 April 1945

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Object Number - UPL 36949 - Page from Target Victory, 11 April 1945

Dowend 3 aircraft and damaged 1. Straffed 9 trains and 1 staff car. Was under weight, ate bananas for 3 days to gain enough weight to enter AAF. Passed entrance exam for pilot training as a junior in high school



DFC/Air Medal.

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Units served with

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 56th Fighter Group work on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-I, serial number 42-26261) nicknamed "Sovereign Senators Tolerance".
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Sovereign Senators Tolerance
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Naples, Texas 1 March 1926

Died

1 March 1991

Buried

Sebastopil, California

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

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