"Sweet & Lovely"
2004 Oil on Canvas, 23.5" x 35" © Troy White, Sold
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Lt. Cuthbert A. "Bill" Pattillo banks his P-51D" Sweet & Lovely" HO-O 44-13905 as the sun sets in the spring of 1945. Bill and his twin brother Buck joined the 352nd FG in December of 1944. Bill was assigned to the 487th squadron and Buck to the 486th squadron. On April 10, 1945 Bill attacked an Me-262 jet fighter near Ulzen, Germany as it was attempting to land and shot it down. He also damaged a second Me-262 on the same sortie. On April 16th the Bluenosers went on an epic strafing mission and Bill destroyed three FW 190s, 2 Me 109s and a Ju 88 but was hit by ground fire and had to crash land in a field destroying his first "Sweet & Lovely" HO-Y 44-11556. He managed to evade capture and made his way back to Bodney and was assigned HO-O, the subject of the above painting.
The Pattillo brothers, Lt. Charles C. "Buck" Pattillo at left and Lt. Cuthbert A. "Bill" Pattillo on right pose in front of Buck's P-51D "Little Rebel" PZ-W 44-13737. Buck was unaware that Bill had survived his crash until May 17, when Bill came walking into the 486th pilot's ready room. Both pilots remained in the Air Force after the war and were members of the USAFE aerobatic team the "Skyblazers" and later helped to organize the "Thunderbirds". Bill retired as a Maj. General in 1980 and Buck as a Lt. General in 1981.
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