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A Blue Nosed Bastard of Bodney?
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A Blue Nosed Bastard of Bodney?
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Benevolens Magister
Yes, and possibly scanned from "Eighth Air Force in Colour" by Roger Freeman.
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Polish Squadron?
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Benevolens Magister
No, it's a P-51 Mustang III of 19 Sqn, RAF, in Normandy.
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WW2 Picture Photo England 1944 P-51B Mustang 351st Fighter Squadron 2310 | eBay
UPL 7554 | American Air Museum in Britain
North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang, S/N 43-12433. This aircraft was originally sent to the RAF under the Lend-Lease program as a Mustang III s/n FX905, but was returned to the USAAF on December 30,1943 with no RAF service recorded.
Her first USAAF assignment was with the 362nd Fighter Squadron of the 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. Then was transferred to the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group.
Declared 'War Weary' and sent to the 351st FS, 353rd FG as the squadron's "hack" aircraft. She was written off after being belly-landed by Lt. James Lamb on March 20,1945 at Raydon.
UPL 7554 | American Air Museum in Britain
North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang, S/N 43-12433. This aircraft was originally sent to the RAF under the Lend-Lease program as a Mustang III s/n FX905, but was returned to the USAAF on December 30,1943 with no RAF service recorded.
Her first USAAF assignment was with the 362nd Fighter Squadron of the 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. Then was transferred to the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group.
Declared 'War Weary' and sent to the 351st FS, 353rd FG as the squadron's "hack" aircraft. She was written off after being belly-landed by Lt. James Lamb on March 20,1945 at Raydon.
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Crimea_River
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I had not noticed a tail fillet on a B-model before but now that I did a search, it seems there were a some. Thanks for posting.
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Many B and C variants were retro fitted, as were -5 D models.
Crimea_River
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Thanks, that's now apparent. Just hadn't noticed it before.
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Whats that with the "WW" after the plane code on the tail. Cant say i have seen that before. Perhaps war weary?
fubar57
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Yes, War Weary. I've got a few decal sheets for "WW" P-47s used as formation monitors. I've also seen it on a few bombers as well
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Why isnt this marking on the bomber formation essembly ships? Seems this marking was haphazardly done.
fubar57
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I just went through "Assembly Ships of the Mighty Eighth" and as you say, the "WW" isn't on any of the bombers. Having said that, the majority of the bombers also don't have serial numbers showing, having been painted over with these fantastic colours. Perhaps the "WW" was there before the colour change over. The majority of the P-47 formation monitors in the book show the "WW" and serial numbers
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Bomb look pretty drop-tanky
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Looks like 110 gal drop tank, likely post 6 June 1944 . . due to black/white invasion stripes on wing.
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Nice shots!
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