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Ground crew, including Sergeant Dick Spicer, of the 357th Fighter Group attend to a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Pretty Pat" following a crash landing caused by slick runways, which made the pilot Lieutenant Rocco Lepore lose control of the aircraft. Image via Merle Olmsted. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10 Jan 1945.'
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Ground crew, including Sergeant Dick Spicer, of the 357th Fighter Group attend to a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Pretty Pat" following a crash landing caused by slick runways, which made the pilot Lieutenant Rocco Lepore lose control of the aircraft. Image via Merle Olmsted. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10 Jan 1945.'

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Units

People

Rocco Raymond LePore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12177419 / T-62546 / O-1998556
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (serial number: 44-11224) nicknamed "Pretty Pat" of the 357th Fighter Group, suffers a mishap on takeoff as a result of an icy runway at Leiston. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Pretty Pat shuddered off runway ice pilot fatigue Lt Roco Lepole [sic] 10 Jan '45 '

44-11224

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pretty Pat
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date:
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to unit associations and aircraft associations
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Roger Freeman Photo.

Date:
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Roger Freeman Photo.

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ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection