42-8439 Slender Tender and Tall Patty Ann
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Lieutenant Richard DeBruin of the 352nd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (PE-T, serial number 42-8439) nicknamed "Slender, Tender and Tall" decorated with Bugs Bunny. Image via Richard De Bruin. Written on slide casing: 'Tender Tall Lt De Bruin.'
Roger Freeman Collection
Associated to airman from info in caption.
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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: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-441842
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11007025 / O-797743
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
RAF Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK | 10 December 1943 | Crashed Neaton, Norfolk [AAF 505], pilot David T Zimms, damaged CAT3. |
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Sources
Roger Freeman / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / http://www.littlefriends.co.uk