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MUSTANG'S !!!

Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:40 pm

Just got to have some P-51's=================================

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION; A USAAF North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang (s/n 43-12433, code AJ-M) of the 356th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, named "Miss Pea Ridge" (pilot Mack Tyner). 42-12433 was originally destined for the Royal Air Force as Mustang Mk III, s/n FX905. It did not serve with the RAF but was returned to the USAAF on 30 December 1943.

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION; F-51Ds from the 82nd Fighter Group, Grenier AFB New Hampshire, 1949.

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION; "MY GIRL" -- A North American P-51 takes off from Iwo Jima, in the Bonin Islands. From this hard-won base our fighters escorted the B-29's on bombing missions to Japan, and also attacked the Empire on their own.

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION; F-6C Mustang, 15th TRS, St. Dizier France, Autumn 1944
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Re: MUSTANG'S !!!

Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:08 pm

Bravo! 8) :lol:

Re: MUSTANG'S !!!

Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:34 am

Don't bother to show up @ Reno or Oshkosh with 5 * MG, it wouldn't stand a chance, it's 'not authentic enough' for the judges-

Re: MUSTANG'S !!!

Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:48 pm

That looks like building 840 at MHT, assuming there was not an identical building that has been torn down. I used to work there twenty years ago. Somewhere I have a pamphlet of that building absolutely crammed full of F-86s and a T-33 sheltering from a hurricane in the 1950s.

Re: MUSTANG'S !!!

Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:56 am

Nice set of images- thank you :)

Re: MUSTANG'S !!!

Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:09 pm

Does that F-6 have 4 kill markings? And what are the marks on the nose? Are those mission markers or a name? Hard to see in the pic. What a great photo though.
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