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*PHOTO* P-51 Mustang (44-13550) 380th F.S. ~ Original 8x10 Print | eBay

P-51D-5-NA 44-13550 The Shillelagh 353rd FS, 354th FG, 9th AF) in landing accident at Orconte airfield A-66 Champagne, Ardenne, France Sep 19, 1944. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired

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North American P-51D-15-NA 44-15271 (356th FG, 359th FS, 8th AF) hit by AAA at Hechingen, Germany and crashed during wheels-up belly landing 1 km NW of Boeringen, SE of Obendorf, Germany Feb 25,1945. MACR 12739. Pilot survived and became POW.
Pilot: Wayne E Rhynard nickname Fox Wayne E Rhynard | American Air Museum in Britain

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Are those wing pylons? A propeller tip and quality of the photo makes it had to tell. If so, it is an F6B. Thoughts?

It may be 43-6053 http://joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
6053 converted to F-6C. (67th TRG, 107th TRS) shot down by Bf 109G-6 4 mi E of St Hilaire du Harcouet, France Jul 18, 1944. MACR 7051. Fate of pilot unknown

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I would say the Baugher entry is a typo and it is supposed to be a F6-B which is an Allison engined P51A-1-NA modified to carry cameras for the Tac/R role. Hard to tell from the photo exactly the serial, whether 43-6053 or 43-6083, but both fall within production block serials for P-51A-1-NA not a P-51B airframe. Looking through other photos of 107th TRS F-6B that have been published to date, they don't appear to have carried the wings pylons and the majority by June 1944 had been modified with the replacement of the framed cockpit hood by a Malcolm Hood.
 
The F-6C were Merlin engined photo recon Mustangs. Are you saying this Mustang was configured to B/C status?

Joe Baugher is saying that a P-51A-1-NA was converted to an F-6C. Perhaps a typo somewhere along the way. The photo while a bit blurry looks like 36053.
 
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