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P-51D-5, Mustang, WR*A, “Man O’War”280 viewsThis P-51D-5, SN 413375, was assigned to pilot Lt. Colonel Clay Kinnard, Jr. of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, summer of 1944, Europe.
Lt. Colonel Kinnard was Group Commander of the 355th Fighter Group.
He destroyed 8 and damaged 1 enemy aircraft in the air, and he destroyed 17 and damaged 9 on the ground.Jul 17, 2010
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P-51D-5, Mustang, WR*A, “Man O’War”247 viewsThis P-51D-5, SN 413375, was assigned to pilot Lt. Colonel Clay Kinnard, Jr. of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, summer of 1944, Europe.
Lt. Colonel Kinnard was Group Commander of the 355th Fighter Group.
He destroyed 8 and damaged 1 enemy aircraft in the air, and he destroyed 17 and damaged 9 on the ground.Jul 17, 2010
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P-51D-5, Mustang, HO*P, “Cripes A’Mighty 3rd “301 viewsThis P-51D-5, SN 413321, was assigned to pilot Major George E. Preddy, Jr. of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, June 14, 1944, Bodney, England.
Major Preddy was credited with destroying 26.83 enemy aircraft; five were destroyed on the ground. He was the top scoring P-51 Mustang Ace of the Second World War.
This model represents the first P-51D Mustang flown by Major Preddy. A new aircraft, it has 13 aircraft destroyed white crosses on the blue engine cowling which reflects his current number of kills when he started flying this aircraft.
Major Preddy was mistakenly KIA on December 25, 1944 by a U.S. anti-aircraft unit of “A” Battery of the 430th AA near Aachen, Germany.Jul 17, 2010
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P-51D-5, Mustang, HO*P, “Cripes A’Mighty 3rd “252 viewsThis P-51D-5, SN 413321, was assigned to pilot Major George E. Preddy, Jr. of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, June 14, 1944, Bodney, England.
Major Preddy was credited with destroying 26.83 enemy aircraft; five were destroyed on the ground. He was the top scoring P-51 Mustang Ace of the Second World War.
This model represents the first P-51D Mustang flown by Major Preddy. A new aircraft, it has 13 aircraft destroyed white crosses on the blue engine cowling which reflects his current number of kills when he started flying this aircraft.
Major Preddy was mistakenly KIA on December 25, 1944 by a U.S. anti-aircraft unit of “A” Battery of the 430th AA near Aachen, Germany.Jul 17, 2010
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P-51-15-NA, serial number 415271, OC-E, Starduster724 viewsP-51D-15, OC-E, serial number 44-15271 was assigned to pilot Lt. Col. William Kennedy of the 359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group. It was lost on February 25, 1945 with Maj. Richard A. Rann the pilot. He became a POW.
The aircraft was named Starduster. It was one of the most colorful of all the ETO Mustangs during 1944/45. It was unique as well as colorful because of the reverse set of "D-Day bands" which covered the lower fuselage.Jul 19, 2006
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P-47D Razorback426 viewsUnmarked P-47D Razorback in a natural metal finish as it would have appeared as a new aircraft at Republic Aircraft.Jul 17, 2006
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P-47D Razorback637 viewsUnmarked P-47D Razorback in a natural metal finish as it would have appeared as a new aircraft at Republic Aircraft.Jul 17, 2006
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P-51D (early).435 viewsThis early model P-51D, serial number 413597, HO-F, is called "The Moose" of the 352nd Fighter Group
This model is a combination of kits. The tail of the aircraft is from a P-51B. The remainder is a P-51D. I discovered that one cannot simply remove the vertical stabilizer fin strake and have an accurate early model P-51D. You would also need to rescribe most of the fuselage panel lines aft of the strake. The P-51B tail assembly panel lines match right up. I would really love for Tamiya to create an accurate early P-51D model. There are many excellent early P-51Ds to model. It would fill a very much needed gap for this aircraft.Jul 17, 2006
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P-47D-23-RA, CP-D580 viewsP-47D-23-RA, serial number 42-76433, CP-D is the first aircraft of the 367th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Wing, 9th Air Force.
It was assigned to the unit just before D-Day, June 1944. It has full invasion stripes, yet it does not have the red cowl typical of this units aircraft.The side mounted rear view mirrors are visible on this aircraft.Jul 17, 2006
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P-51K PE-L, Flying Ginny470 viewsThe P-51K was named Flying Ginny after his sweetheart and soon to be wife from Austin, TX.
Lt. Taylor had this aircraft assigned to him after returning from being shot down in another Mustang over France.
He had been on an escort mission to Germany when his aircraft developed engine trouble. As he was returning to England, he was attacked by two German ME-109 fighters. Taylor tried to hide from them in clouds, but they flushed him out. He dove his Mustang to the deck and tried to fly so low that the ME-109s could not get a clean shot at him. Unfortunately, Lt. Taylor hit a man on a bicycle while evading the enemy aircraft. This resulted in severe wing damage which forced Taylor to gain altitude so that he could bail out. The ME-109s then finished off his aircraft. Taylor rushed his exit from the stricken P-51K and was hit by the tail of the aircraft. His parachute opened barely in time for him to survive bailing out. The injured Taylor evaded capture and walked back to Allied lines. His Texas accent convinced Allied soldiers that he wasn't a spy as he passed into their lines. He now resides in Austin, TX.Jul 17, 2006
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P-51K PE-L, Flying Ginny642 viewsP-51K, PE-L, serial number 412411, was assigned to Lt. Emery Taylor of the 352nd Fighter Group.
The P-51K was named Flying Ginny after his sweetheart and soon to be wife from Austin, TX.
Lt. Taylor had this aircraft assigned to him after returning from being shot down in another Mustang over France.
He had been on an escort mission to Germany when his aircraft developed engine trouble. As he was returning to England, he was attacked by two German ME-109 fighters. Taylor tried to hide from them in clouds, but they flushed him out. He dove his Mustang to the deck and tried to fly so low that the ME-109s could not get a clean shot at him. Unfortunately, Lt. Taylor hit a man on a bicycle while evading the enemy aircraft. This resulted in severe wing damage which forced Taylor to gain altitude so that he could bail out. The ME-109s then finished off his aircraft. Taylor rushed his exit from the stricken P-51K and was hit by the tail of the aircraft. His parachute opened barely in time for him to survive bailing out. The injured Taylor evaded capture and walked back to Allied lines. His Texas accent convinced Allied soldiers that he wasn't a spy as he passed into their lines. He now resides in Austin, TX.Jul 17, 2006
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P-51K PE-L, Flying Ginny327 viewsP-51K, PE-L, serial number 412411, was assigned to Lt. Emery Taylor of the 352nd Fighter Group.
The P-51K was named Flying Ginny after his sweetheart and soon to be wife from Austin, TX.
Lt. Taylor had this aircraft assigned to him after returning from being shot down in another Mustang over France.
He had been on an escort mission to Germany when his aircraft developed engine trouble. As he was returning to England, he was attacked by two German ME-109 fighters. Taylor tried to hide from them in clouds, but they flushed him out. He dove his Mustang to the deck and tried to fly so low that the ME-109s could not get a clean shot at him. Unfortunately, Lt. Taylor hit a man on a bicycle while evading the enemy aircraft. This resulted in severe wing damage which forced Taylor to gain altitude so that he could bail out. The ME-109s then finished off his aircraft. Taylor rushed his exit from the stricken P-51K and was hit by the tail of the aircraft. His parachute opened barely in time for him to survive bailing out. The injured Taylor evaded capture and walked back to Allied lines. His Texas accent convinced Allied soldiers that he wasn't a spy as he passed into their lines. He now resides in Austin, TX.Jul 17, 2006
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