Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:20 pm
Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:02 pm
Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:48 am
Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:02 am
Couger42 wrote:Pacific Fighters have P-51C-1NT 42-103100\P-51 Mk III FB206 for sale...
Designated P-51 Mk III FB206 and assigned to the 306th Polish FG “ The City of Torun squadron” and Fuselage codes where UZ*M. FB206 flew combat missions with the 306th from February 1944 to August of 1944. FB206 also flew on June 6th 1944 for the invasion of Normandy. On July 10th FB206 flew anti V1 Buzz Bomb patrols and on July 22nd it shot down a V-1 over Hastings UK. F/Sgt. Rudowski was credited with the kill. On August 18th 1944 FB206, was involved in a mid air collision with a Mk XIV Spitfire NH713. The rest of the 306th Sq went on to shoot down 16 FW 190s on that same mission.
FB206 crashed into a wooded area in England. The substanital wreckage was recovered and after spending time in a UK Museum, was sold to the current owner.
FB206 is unique in that it is the only surviving P-51B/C or Mustang III with a confirmed Kill.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:56 am
lmritger wrote:Couger42 wrote:Pacific Fighters have P-51C-1NT 42-103100\P-51 Mk III FB206 for sale...
Designated P-51 Mk III FB206 and assigned to the 306th Polish FG “ The City of Torun squadron” and Fuselage codes where UZ*M. FB206 flew combat missions with the 306th from February 1944 to August of 1944. FB206 also flew on June 6th 1944 for the invasion of Normandy. On July 10th FB206 flew anti V1 Buzz Bomb patrols and on July 22nd it shot down a V-1 over Hastings UK. F/Sgt. Rudowski was credited with the kill. On August 18th 1944 FB206, was involved in a mid air collision with a Mk XIV Spitfire NH713. The rest of the 306th Sq went on to shoot down 16 FW 190s on that same mission.
FB206 crashed into a wooded area in England. The substanital wreckage was recovered and after spending time in a UK Museum, was sold to the current owner.
FB206 is unique in that it is the only surviving P-51B/C or Mustang III with a confirmed Kill.
I desperately hope whomever winds up with FB206 rebuilds it to it's original markings and configuration... not just because it shot down a V-1, but as a tribute to the fierce Polish pilots who fought so valiantly from the opening day of the war to the last.
Lynn
Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:54 am
Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:43 am
Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:47 am
florida.warbirds wrote:Lopes Hope as of a week or so ago:
Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:08 pm
Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:14 pm
Warbird Kid wrote:lmritger wrote:I desperately hope whomever winds up with FB206 rebuilds it to it's original markings and configuration... not just because it shot down a V-1, but as a tribute to the fierce Polish pilots who fought so valiantly from the opening day of the war to the last.
Lynn
100% Agree
Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:35 pm
JohnTerrell wrote:In addition to 42-103100/FB206, Pacific Fighters also has the substantial remains of P-51B 43-12112, that was recovered out of a lake in Florida where it had ditched in 1943. Much like the Lake Michigan recoveries of the 90's, I recall seeing a couple photos of the complete fuselage section in storage (tail to nose), still with all of its original paint and trainer code applied to the cowlings.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:01 pm
Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:12 pm
Dan K wrote:What we really want is a status report (& pics) on Warren Pietsch's
P-51C project, N151LP...what's left of the ex- Jimmy Stewart/Joe De Bona/
Jackie Cochrane race #90 "Thunderbird".
Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:55 am
Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:54 pm