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They were definitely flying B / C models. They used Lt. Col. Jefferson's book for a lot of reference - especially many of his drawings. They acknowledge the wrong model - it was done for a reason as i linked in my other response in the thread. I had the pleasure of meeting Lt. Col Jefferson...

They received their first P-51 Cs & Bs in the middle of June '44. They did transition training and their first mission was 4 July, '44. They first received D models in October '44. The producers know that they were flying B/C models on 12 August but they only had an actual flying D model, so...

My father, Jack Chin, was a graduating pilot at Tuskegee Army Air Field (and is a listed DOTA pilot on the listing page link), completing both SE and TE training. He was part of the 477th, mostly flying the P-47D and then a co-pilot on B-25J, as they were hoping to be deployed to support the...