42-8439 Slender Tender and Tall Patty Ann

Lieutenant Richard De Bruin 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.' media-387717.jpg FRE 6017 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

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Object Number - FRE 6017 - Lieutenant Richard DeBruin of the 352nd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (PE-T, serial number 42-8439) nicknamed "Slender, Tender and Tall"...

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People

William T Halton

  • 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
Close-up portrait of Captain John F. Thornell of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. The group was stationed at Bodney air base between July 1943 and November 1945.

John Francis Thornell

  • 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

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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Roger Freeman / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / http://www.littlefriends.co.uk

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Lieutenant Richard De Bruin 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.'

Object number: FRE 6017 - Lieutenant Richard DeBruin of the 352nd Fighter...