XP-51F/G/J

[BarnOwlLover]

I'd bet there's a few in the Ebay P-51 thread, but I'm wondering if there's any floating around, preferably in high res but any that can be found will be good of these rare hotrods

 

[mjfur]

XP-51F and A6M2 3372 (EB200) at Wright Field, Oct. 44.

Pacific Wrecks - A6M2 Model 21 Zero Manufacture Number 3372 Tail Number V-172

On November 26, 1941 took off from Tainan Airfield on a predawn on a ferry flight via Hainan Island then to proceed to Saigon and force landed. Later, the Zero was captured by the Allies.

pacificwrecks.com

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Thanks Pretty much what I was looking for. Wonder if any exist in British colors?

 

[SaparotRob]

The Mustang or the Zero? 🙂 If it’s the Zero there must have been some in Australian or New Zealand hands, right?

 

[mjfur]

North American P-51F Mustang

 

[EwenS]

The third XP-51F in RAF colours as FR409

From Joe Baugher
"The third XP-51F was shipped to the United Kingdom on June 20, 1944 after preliminary flight checks. It was painted in RAF camouflage and was named Mustang V. The RAF serial number was FR409. The A&AEE at Boscombe Down found the Mustang V to weigh only 7855 pounds in interceptor trim. They rated it very highly except for a severe lack of directional stability which required frequent heavy application of rudder in certain flight conditions. "

The second XP-51G was shipped to Britain as FR410 in 1945.

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Anyone have anything else, especially high res or HQ?

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Too bad there doesn't seem (from what I've seen) no more HQ photos of the F or G, or even the J. These (though small) are from the XP-51G Facebook page:

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Having gotten the Building the P-51 Mustang book over the weekend makes me wish that there was HQ photos from the lightweight Mustang section floating around. However, I do believe that most, if not all, those photos are now owned by Boeing.

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Although they're low res uploads, San Diego Air and Space Museum's Flickr page has lots of XP-51F/G/J photos.

 

[wuzak]

The third XP-51F in RAF colours as FR409
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From Joe Baugher
"The third XP-51F was shipped to the United Kingdom on June 20, 1944 after preliminary flight checks. It was painted in RAF camouflage and was named Mustang V. The RAF serial number was FR409. The A&AEE at Boscombe Down found the Mustang V to weigh only 7855 pounds in interceptor trim. They rated it very highly except for a severe lack of directional stability which required frequent heavy application of rudder in certain flight conditions. "

The second XP-51G was shipped to Britain as FR410 in 1945.

3 blade prop. That would be unusual for a Merlin powered P-51.

 

[BarnOwlLover]

Anyone think that SDASM might have images of the XP-51F that I've seen in a couple of books being run up on the ground and the XP-51G post flight (similar to a pic above), or would Boeing now have them from NAA's archives?