eBay: North American P-51 Mustang

[Navalwarrior]

Org WWII Photo: American P-51 Mustangs Lined Up Beside Aircraft Carrier | eBay

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Resp:
Late variant P-51D/Ks due to wing rocket pods located just outside drop tanks pylons.

 

[junkman3353]

Org. Photo: Aerial View P-51 Fighter Planes (Squadron Code: CE) on Escort (#1)! | eBayView attachment 568780

I think you'll find those to be F-6C Mustangs from the 111th TRS, Southern France. "C" being a flight designator and the second letter being an individual aircraft designator.

 

[Snautzer01]

Original WWII photo A P51 with drop tanks and ETO stripes | eBay

 

[Peter Gunn]

Org WWII Photo: American P-51 Mustangs Lined Up Beside Aircraft Carrier | eBay

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Although upon reflection, I looked up CVE 119 the USS Point Cruz, she was commissioned in October of '45, so could these Mustangs be headed for Korea ca. 1950-51?

 

[Snautzer01]

Archive Photo 1947 MkIV Mustang Fighters RCAF at Grand Prairie airfield Alberta | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[Spitlead]

Wanted to share this photo of a P-51A in what I would guess to be RAF colors. I took the photo in the mid-1980s. I found the original slide and digitized the image. I do not know the serial number of the airplane or if it still even exists.

 

[Snautzer01]

Original Soldiers Photo Of P51 Mustang | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

South African P-51 in Korea?

 

[MIflyer]

Nice Shot of a CA ANG F-51D in 1948

 

[junkman3353]

Bill Larkins photo taken above Crystal Springs Reservoir about mid-way between San Francisco and San Jose. The San Andreas Fault runs right down the middle of it. 194th FS out of Hayward.
Most likely the same photo session: 144th Fighter Wing - Wikipedia
and: Ron Yelton's Air National Guard Website

 

[Navalwarrior]

Wanted to share this photo of a P-51A in what I would guess to be RAF colors. I took the photo in the mid-1980s. I found the original slide and digitized the image. I do not know the serial number of the airplane or if it still even exists.

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In RAF colors, it would be a Mustang II. However, while hard to tell, the L wing looks like it has three gun ports. If so, it would be a Mustang MkI. Where was it when photographed?

 

[fubar57]

 

[MIflyer]

Bill Larkins photo taken above Crystal Springs Reservoir about mid-way between San Francisco and San Jose. The San Andreas Fault runs right down the middle of it. 194th FS out of Hayward.

I was wondering where it was. And it is the same airplane as in that color shot you provided the link to.

 

[ColFord]

The P-51A in the scanner colour slide is 43-6251 N4235Y currently flying as "Miss Virginia" as part of Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA. This attempt at a RAF NAA Mustang Mk.I early delivery scheme was as the aircraft was painted in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s it went for a time into a RAF c&m scheme that was supposed to represent that of the RAF Mustang Mk.I flown by F/O Hollis Hills RCAF during the Dieppe operation in 1942. Was used in that scheme for filming a documentary about the P-51. Then 2006 after a period of inactivity and restoration, went into its current scheme of "Miss Virginia" a P-51A of the 1st Air Commando in CBI WW2. Was put last year, into a temporary scheme once again representing that of Mustang Mk.I flown by F/O Hills RCAF for filming of a documentary about the Mustang due out sometime this year. Has since been returned to "Miss Virginia" scheme. MustangMustangs website has a number of photos online of this aircraft in its various schemes during its history.

 

[Navalwarrior]

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Resp: Thanks. It definitely is a Mustang Mk II (P-51A). Wing pylons have been removed.

 

[MIflyer]

Hollis Hills was from Hollywood, California and scored the first kill by a Mustang.

 

[Spitlead]

In RAF colors, it would be a Mustang II. However, while hard to tell, the L wing looks like it has three gun ports. If so, it would be a Mustang MkI. Where was it when photographed?

I took the photo at the Chino Airfield in southern California. If I'm not mistaken, it was a part of the Chino Air Museum. Colford's thread gives all the details and they match my timeline.\

The P-51A in the scanner colour slide is 43-6251 N4235Y currently flying as "Miss Virginia" as part of Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA. This attempt at a RAF NAA Mustang Mk.I early delivery scheme was as the aircraft was painted in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s it went for a time into a RAF c&m scheme that was supposed to represent that of the RAF Mustang Mk.I flown by F/O Hollis Hills RCAF during the Dieppe operation in 1942. Was used in that scheme for filming a documentary about the P-51. Then 2006 after a period of inactivity and restoration, went into its current scheme of "Miss Virginia" a P-51A of the 1st Air Commando in CBI WW2. Was put last year, into a temporary scheme once again representing that of Mustang Mk.I flown by F/O Hills RCAF for filming of a documentary about the Mustang due out sometime this year. Has since been returned to "Miss Virginia" scheme. MustangMustangs website has a number of photos online of this aircraft in its various schemes during its history.

Great info ColFord. I had no idea about the history of the airplane but your information matches my timeline. The Chino Planes of Fame had an awesome collection of WWII planes. I have not been back there in 30+ years. They put on a fantastic airshow back in the day. Would like to visit there again.

P-51D, American Beauty. I took the photo in 2017 at the Olympia Air Show in Washington State. The question I have is this camo paint scheme is in light blue yet all photos I have seen of this airplane depict the identical camo pattern but in olive drab. Which is correct?

 

[Snautzer01]

1944 Press Photo Lieutenant Colonel George Peck, Sergeant Joe Louis In England | eBay