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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States P  Pattillo, Cuthbert |
[UP] - Paris, Robert - Park, Howard - Parks, Thomas - Patterson, William - Pattillo, Cuthbert - Pattillo, James - Payne, Lewis - Peterburs, Joseph - Peters, Vincent - Peterson, Carl - Peterson, Cliff - Peterson, Richard - Petrillo, Orlando - Phillips, Robert - Phillips, Ronald - Pisanos, Steve - Platek, Gene - Polin, Howard - Porter, Robert - Poshefko, Joseph - Potter, Henry - Potts, Ramsay - Powell, Lawrence - Powell, Robert - Preston, Ben - Prevost, Herbert - Price, Charles - Priest, Royce |
Major General Cuthbert Bill Pattillo
Bill Pattillo was assigned to the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group and flew 135 combat missions in P-51 Mustangs from November 1944 until he was shot down over Germany in April 1945 and taken as a PoW until liberated on 2nd May 1945. Bill was credited with destroying 1 Me262 jet in aerial combat plus another 6 enemy aircraft on the ground. After the war he flew with the first USAF Thunderbird team. Following a highly distinguished post-war career he retired from the Air Froce as a General.
| Major General Cuthbert Bill Pattillo - Signed Aviation Art |
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Blue Nose by Richard Taylor. P-51s of the 328th Fighter Squadron high above towering cumulus clouds over East Anglia in November 1944. Led by Major George Preddy, the P-51 pilots prepare to escort a large formation of B-17s on yet another arduous long range mission to Germany. |
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