Duebendorf Military Airfield near Zurich…

1. three Swiss AF Mirage III RS Recon jets (retired in 2004)
2. Patrouille Suisse Demonstration Team with their F-5E Tiger II’s
3. Ju-52
4. three Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porters, three Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainers, one Pilatus PC-9 Target Tug and the Dassault Falcon 50 VIP Transport

Martin

Yikes ! 😮

just my 2 cents to get some records straight:

44-13521 P-51D-5-NA; 339th FG 504th FS; 5Q-D “Marinell”; assigned to Lt. Bradford V. Stevens; lost 13th August 1944, lost with Lt. Myer R. Winkelman – MIA/KIA – hit by a bomb-blast near St. Just (F); MACR 7775

there is no such thing as a P-51D with c/n 109-13521 !

44-13521 had c/n 109-27154

built to Project # 92709R, the a/c left the U.S. on 6th June 1944 and was assigned to the Group on 30th June 1944

another questionable “identity” given to a rebuild project – photo of this aircraft is in my collection.

Anyone can give further info on the real background of the a/c now registered G-MRLL ?

Martin / Swiss Mustangs

hmmmmm – very interesting indeed !

the Meteor entered service with the IDFAF in 1953, the French Mistère II’s and IV’s arrived in 1954, the Ouragans shortly thereafter…..

What is interesting, however, ist this bit of information taken from the IDFAF site:

March – June 1950
Cpt. Mordechai (Moti) Hod (who would later become Commander in Chief of the IAF) undergoes retraining as a jet pilot, and becomes the IAF’s first jet pilot.

Question is: Where did he get his training and on what type ?

This topic definitely needs more research !

Martin

DHC-1 G-BBMO 4th June 1980 at Bern, Switzerland

Martin

uhmmmmmmmmm

“175” casting means NA-175…… definitely not Mustang – this North American Aviation designation number is in the T-28 / F-86 region but I have my records at home – so please be patient until tonight.

*EDIT* – found it: NA-175 stands for “North American Aviation NA-175 North American AJ-2P Savage”
Martin

See here for a beautiful photo:

http://acam.ednet.ns.ca/newslet/mar2003/kb851.jpg

Martin

P-51B-15-NA 42-106880; Proj # 92688, 361st FG 375th FS, 8th USAAF; code E2-M;
BOSF 5, 1st July 1944, Lt. John T. Thomas (BOSF = Bailed Out due to Structural Failure; 5 = Damage Cat. 5 = writeoff) ; a/c crashed into Channel – Lt. Thomas was rescued by an ASR Launch

HTH
Martin