44-13557 Slender, Tender and Tall / Easy Does It
Object Number - UPL 33981 - Slender, Tender & Tall
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX). Transferred to 1st Scouting Force.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1QZ, UK | 9 November 1944 | Taxiing accident 9-Nov-44 - prop sliced into rear fuselage of 44-13557 5E-E of Lt Dick "Spider" Smith. Pilot Lt. Ellis J Wheless uninjured. |
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