41-6585
This is one of a series of photos taken before the above mentioned accident on 7th September 1943 at Westleton, Suffolk. Major Duncan, with Lt. Rose as passenger, landed at the crash landing of a 351st Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt piloted by Lt. Vernon A. Leatherman (a/c YJ-N 41-6585). On attempting to take off and return to Metfield, Major Duncan hit a hedge and flipped the Tiger Moth onto its back. Major Duncan and Lt. Rose were unhurt Roger Freeman Collection
353rd FG Records
Graham Cross, Jonah's Feet Are Dry (Ipswich, 2001), p. 409-10.
Assigned to the 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. On 7-Sep-43 the aircraft, piloted by 1LT Vernon A. Leatherman, made a crash landing at Westleton, Suffolk, UK when it ran out of gas returning from an mission escorting B-17s in the attack on the German airfield at Brussels, Belgium. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.
On 15-Feb-44 the aircraft was involved in a taxi accident with Lt. Hugh D. Chapman (per littlefriends.co.uk)
Bishop & Hey have this aircraft as sustaining a mid-air collision near Atcham in April 1944, but no other documentation could be found.
Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Collided mid air with Miles Master II DL477 23-Apr-44, shearing off port wing, pilot baled out RTD. A/C crashed at farm at Eyton-on-Severn near Shrewsbury. Miles Master crashed resulting in the death of RAF pilot Sgt Arthur Goddard.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13076060 / O-693106
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-665581
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Missions
- Date: 7 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Westleton, Suffolk, UK | 7 September 1943 | Forced landing at Westleton, Suffolk, UK when it ran out of gas returning from an mission escorting B-17's to Brussels. |
Crashed |
Metfield, UK | 15 February 1944 | Involved in a taxi accident with Lt. Hugh D Chapman. |
Crashed |
Eyton-on-Severn near Shrewsbury, UK | 23 April 1944 | Collided mid air with RAF Miles Master II, shearing off port wing, pilot baled out RTD. A/C crashed at farm at Eyton-on-Severn near Shrewsbury. |
Assigned |
Atcham, UK | Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF | |
Assigned |
Metfield, UK | Assigned to the 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Manufactured |
Republic Aviation, Long Island, NY | Built at Republic. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 2-Jun-2015. NEW aircraft entry based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and littlefriends.co.uk database of historian Peter Randall.