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Ztex
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I just got these pics in my cousins pile of photos.

Apparently they visited the Brownwood, TX airport one day and snapped these two shots.

N7958C in it's early CAF garb.

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and one of Lefty's P-51's...

N5478V ( 44-73574 )
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Lefty lived in Brownwood for sometime....
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Lynn,

Yeah, thanks.. I meant that apparently my cousin visited Brownwood...

It looks like Gardner Flying Service was based in Brownwood.

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Found this little ditty about Lefty....
http://www.centercomp.com/cgi-bin/dc3/stories?1956

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