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JohnTerrell
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As I seem to recall, the famed UK restorer Craig Charleston assisted John Muszala/Pacific Fighters by providing any/all P-51B/C parts that Charleston could find in England over the course of a number of years. All three of the other P-51B/C’s that Pacific Fighters has built from the ground-up (“Betty Jane”, “Impatient Virgin”, and “Berlin Express”) were built using titles that were formed from recovered wrecks in the UK. Besides FB206, Pacific Fighters also have the substantial remains of an early P-51B, 43-12112, which was recovered some years back from a lake in Florida (not to be confused with the P-51B 43-12252 that was also recovered from a lake in Florida and which served as the basis of Jack Roush’s P-51B).

BTW, wasn’t Rob Lamplough’s Bf-109E also displayed at the Tangmere Museum? And of course that is now under restoration to fly.