Crimea_River
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That would certainly open up the possibilities of which aircraft this is Terry.
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You spent a lot of time and got a good start.I deffently agree with you drgondog, those are only the ones I found so far in the short time I had to do it. It will probably be impossible to list every single one lost over France. I figured at least that can be a start.
Does anybody know what parts are serialed to the specific aircraft? As in, would the Merlin originally installed in said aircraft also have the serial number of the Mustang? Or would Packard have a list of serialed engines, and which aircraft they were originally installed? I know I'm shooting in the dark. By the crumpled mass of the one photo, its going to be small parts that may eventually identify this airplane. It does look by the one piece to be a B/C model. Maybe if they can find the remains of 4 Brownings instead of 6, that would definately show it is the earlier airplane.
The first number 3 indicates the year 1943 so your number 42-312391 seems bogus. In my reference here 1943 USAAF Serial Numbers (43-5109 to 43-52437) there is a gap between 12386 and 12393 so we'll need to look elsewhere for 12391.
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