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357FG. if C5, then 364FS57th F.G. P-51 Mustangs in Combat Formation - 8th Air Force ETO
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Date:Monday 19 December 1949North American P-51D-20-NA 44-72293 Italian AF as MM4247 305th Bomb Group formation monitor Black triangle with white "G" over a green tail stripe
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FWIIW - that is one of the earliest factory installed Dorsal Fin in late block D-5-NA. They started arriving in ETO in late July. Ditto for the last block of P-51C-10-NT with the 'B' type DF. The image shown is ost December 1944 when all invasion stripes were finally ordered to be removed.North American P-51D-5-NA 44-13956 QP-N Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, called Jan flown by Lt. Robert A. Dickmeyer
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Also interesting they repainted/stenciled the serial # on the front part of the tail after painting the rudder.FWIIW - that is one of the earliest factory installed Dorsal Fin in late block D-5-NA. They started arriving in ETO in late July. Ditto for the last block of P-51C-10-NT with the 'B' type DF. The image shown is ost December 1944 when all invasion stripes were finally ordered to be removed.
4th FG too lazy to use white paint. No prob until dark blue rudder or black.Also interesting they repainted/stenciled the serial # on the front part of the tail after painting the rudder.
Fuselage code looks (to me) as CV, not IV. IV was the fuselage code of the 369th FS while CV was the 368th (both 359th FG mind you). All other pictures of this a/c that I've seen where the fuselage code is visible, it's definitely IV but again......this sure looks like CV. Sure is possible this a/c could've been assigned to another squadron within the group for a short period. This is the only pic I've seen where the fuselage code definitely isn't IV.North American P-51K-5-NT (?) 44-11636 Chicago. Coded IV-A 359th FG 369th FS . Originally assigned to 1Lt Arnold Mettel then reassigned to 1Lt Bert Montague. Kitzingen Air Field Germany
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It was not unusual for a repaired ship to be recoded and sent to another squadron. My Father's 354FS/355FG 44-14799 JANE IV was hammered by a flak train with ~200 punctures, belly landed - Nov 29. It was repaired and sent to 358FS/355FG coded YF-H. IIRC the Engineering Officer made the decisions to try to balance squadron readiness across the Group..Fuselage code looks (to me) as CV, not IV. IV was the fuselage code of the 369th FS while CV was the 368th (both 359th FG mind you). All other pictures of this a/c that I've seen where the fuselage code is visible, it's definitely IV but again......this sure looks like CV. Sure is possible this a/c could've been assigned to another squadron within the group for a short period. This is the only pic I've seen where the fuselage code definitely isn't IV.
Thoughts anyone?