31st fighter group

  1. EKimbrough

    P-51B Part Recovered from Alpine Glacier

    This part was recovered from the crash site of a P-51B Mustang on a glacier high on Mt. Zuckerhütl, on the Austrian / Italian border. The aircraft was struck by 20mm anti-aircraft rounds while strafing trains at Freising, Germany. The pilot, my uncle, bailed out when the engine failed over the...
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