What is this!

[dollar65]

The a/c you referenced is listed as 44-13954.

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/su ... l/44-13954
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p51regis ... 13954.html

"some people" decided we had recovered 44-13954 after only relatives of "954" had been found, and that plane had a nicer scheme, but from the start it was known that it was 44-13663, the two planes at crashlanded at quite a distance from each other, and the locals had revered to this plane as the silver one. "Da Quake was put back on its gear on a recovery attempt in October 1944, and "sanked" on the beach with the gear down. The recovered wreck had the gear up. There are other details, I have the original recovery files in my collection. 44-13663, without a doubt.

Laurent

[JohnTerrell]

There was a thread on the P-51 SIG forum, some years ago, which also outlined, without a doubt, how the recovered airframe was actually that of 44-13663 as well, and is not "Da' Quake"/44-13954 (for instance, the bent prop blades match the same as can be seen in wartime photos of the crashed/beached 44-13663, and do not match the bent prop blades that can be seen in wartime photos of the crashed/beached "Da' Quake"/44-13954).

[12XU2A3X3]

That was fast!....tks. And yes it is ugly.

Just ventured to find obscured AC pics...

Here is another one

BT-13, where is this?

[quemerford]

That was fast!....tks. And yes it is ugly.

Just ventured to find obscured AC pics...

Here is another one

BT-13, where is this?

One of the Soplatas, but likely gone now.