Leo W Northrop
Military![Lt. Leo W Northrop](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/2024-04/PZ-N%20Lt%20Leo%20W%20Northrop%20Color%20Russia%20Shuttle%20Mission.jpg)
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Object Number - UPL 81649 - Lt. Leo W Northrop, Clay Center, Nebraska, 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. Original colour photo of Lt Northrop on 'Frantic II' Shuttle...
Laeo Northrop named his aircraft "Donna Dae" after the Hollywood star, who was a personal friend of his.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-377028.jpg?itok=wxaWgJmP)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
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- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Donna Dae III Princess Jocelyn Tiger Lil
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron
![P-51B 43-6736 PZ-N ‘Donna Dae IV’ photographed at Debden just prior to setting out on Frantic II mission. It returned on 6th July, having aborted the 5th July howeward bound mission and returned to Italy.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-04/PZ%20-N%2042-6736%20Donna%20Dae%20IV%20at%20Debden%20Prior%20to%20departure%20on%20Russian%20shuttle%20mission.jpg?itok=SRXYpLPr)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Donna Dae IV
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group
![P-51D 44-13688 PZ-N ‘Donna Dae VI’](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-04/PZ-N%20%2044-13688%20Lt%20Northrop%20%20Donna%20Dae%20VI.jpg?itok=iR0pBrGr)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history