[B/S MODE ON]maybe it’s a boasting thing – doesn’t it sound much more interesting and adventurous to have the retrieval of a junkpile from Russia on the records ? Maybe it’s downright boring just to rescue the one (junkpile) from just around the corner. It’s the air of mistery surrounding such a wreck brought back from the ‘wilderness’ [/B/S MODE OFF]

Honestly – I’d rather see the fire-dump queens and all those other neglected ‘restoration projects’ saved first.

Period.

Martin

To me it looks like a piece of glass that lay in the rubble of a bomber crash, and at one point part of the wreckage disintegrated further due to fire and heat (post impact) and eventually a red hot metal part ended up lying directly on top of this glass, causing such concentrated burn marks.
Experience from over 10 years of fire-fighting duty brings me to this conclusion.

Martin

Who will be at La Ferté Alais mid-May ?

Mike J, AIB, who else (besides innocent little me) ?

Martin

okay – I concur with Laurent’s remark – the vertical frame contours are straight on the example shown in the first photos – the P-51B/C & Mustang III mods had curved lines throughout. See below photo of William W. Louie, crew-chief on 356th FS Mustangs

Martin

post 11, pic 1

it’s most probably not P-51 !

see below photo of a 354th FG Mustang – shape doesn’t fit.
(from Flight Magazine August 1944)

Sorry
Martin

FM-2 Bu 46867 N909WJ
P-40N 44-7983 N9950

David Arnold
Earls Colne

In fact “Donald” is a different P-51D now resident at Hendon. Isabel III moved to the RAF Museum, Cosford and is still in this livery.

Martin