41-6573 B.e.v.o.a.p.a.b.m
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UPL 19017
Lt. Andrew Stephenson's Jug, featuring a smoking penguin wearing a holster and gun. Ground crew unidentified. P-47C-5-RE, VF-S, 41-6573.
This aircraft was assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group.
It wore its penguin nose art while assigned to 1st Lt. Andrew J. Stephenson. It was later passed on to 1st Lt. Peter G. Lehman, who was the son of the governor of New York at the time. Lehman added the acronym B.E.V.O.A.P.A.B.M., which he said stood for 'Bird's Eye View Of A Pig's Arse By Moonlight'!
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886027
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-421599
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044893
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885255
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885229
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset DT2, UK | 28 June 1943 | Taxiing accident at Warmwell/Sta 454, Cat 3 damage, Pilot Lt Joseph G Matthews, 28-6-43. |
Other E/A Destroyed 1/3 |
Papenburg, Germany | 16 December 1943 | 1/3 Ju88 destroyed Papenburg, Germany. Pilot Lt Vermont Garrison. 16-12-43. |