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The tag reads: MODEL P.51 AF# 43-6913 ASSIGNED TO AAPBU# 363/4FG BASIC WT. (nothing written) INDEX VF-T I was told once that even the instruments on display at Wright Pat AFB Musuem aren't really confirmed as parts of the Shangri-La....althought they probably are...

I've added the pic...it's about the best I can capture it. The writing is VERY faint, totally correct, but you can see it in the proper lighting.

Hello everyone...first time post! I grew up in Piqua, OH, hometown of Don Gentile. He was always a hometown hero, my grandparents knew him, my uncle watched him fly under the bridge, and my aunt told me how he used to see how close he could get his wingtips to the St. Boniface church steeple...