I was digging in my old shoeboxes and photo albums with pictures and negatives and slides, to scan anything interesting. I should have been more careful in the way I stored them….
Anyway, I came across this negative, taken at the Salon at Le Bourget in 1983. A crashed P-51 on a pile of sand, probably to protect it from moving and scraping on the tarmac. And it makes for a nice diorama too.
Any ideas about the identity of this Mustang?
Tillerman.
By: DaveQ - 12th July 2009 at 23:14
Any news on this at all? Does anyone know where the remains are right now?
DaveQ
By: The Bump - 3rd March 2009 at 17:01
How is the restoration going?
By: ShabbyAbbey - 2nd March 2009 at 22:31
I need to correct my earlier postings…
..and here’s my opportunity!
I made a case for suggesting all 55th FG P-51’s had red stripes. Quack, quack, ooops! How wrong was I?!
I can now say that I have colour photo proof that some 55th Mustangs had yellow borders around the anti-glare panel. Those more observant of you probably noted this with TFC’s ‘Miss Velma’. Frank Birtciel has been adamant for some time that his memory was still good on this and ‘Miss Velma’ had a yellow stripe. I shouldn’t have doubted Frank’s memory!
So…back to ‘Da Quake’…
I would like to correct my earlier observation and suggest the border was in fact yellow as was being argued at the time of the previous thread. Belated apologies from yours truly!
The other interesting thing is this is a real oditity of a colour scheme, as it’s the only non-343rd FS P-51 I have seen with a 343rd FS colour scheme. The veterans I have spoken with have discussed this and the only answer they could come up with (for why McGinn had a 338th plane in 343rd colours), was that he liked the scheme and being the CO he chose to copy it. Sounds plausible to me.
I know this a/c changed hands a short while back…anybody know if the new owner is keen to get it restored any time soon? Being greedy, but having another 55th Mustang scheme in the UK would be fantastic (regardless whether it’s painted as Kester’s, or Gevorkian’s P-51), especially as it’s got provenance.
Shabby
www.55th.org
By: David Burke - 2nd March 2009 at 21:59
Yak – I knew we were going over old ground – this thread is interesting for Mustang enthusiasts!
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/archive/index.php?t-30512.html
By: David Burke - 2nd March 2009 at 21:44
When it came to the U.K it didn’t have a data plate . There is a picture on the net of the other Mustang in the surf on the beach. It’s up to the viewer to decide which is which!
By: Yak 11 Fan - 2nd March 2009 at 21:24
Or it could be the other Mustang that crashed on the same beech
I’ll leave it to you to tell the CAA and the owner that they dont have the aeroplane they thought they had….
By: David Burke - 2nd March 2009 at 21:03
Yep
By: David Burke - 2nd March 2009 at 19:06
Or it could be the other Mustang that crashed on the same beech
By: Yak 11 Fan - 2nd March 2009 at 18:52
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