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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: Nico Braas on November 14, 2005, 10:40:34 PM

Title: P-51 picture
Post by: Nico Braas on November 14, 2005, 10:40:34 PM: Attached picture of P-51 taken at ILA Berlin in 2004.
It is now in IWM-UK
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: No.1 on November 15, 2005, 12:38:08 AM: By my information on this plane were floy Leutenant Urban Drew from the 361 FG, * Air Force and he downed two Me262 at October 7. 1944. But I wonder is this his original plane or just a Mustang with Drew personal markings?
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: mfg495 on April 03, 2007, 09:25:17 PM: Information on Leutenant Urban Drew drowning the 2 Me 262's

http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/drew/drew.htm
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: divanov on April 14, 2007, 02:28:32 PM: This photo depicts airplane of CO of 78th Fighter Group, Col. John D. Landers. Source - Squadron Signal no. 1045 - P51 Mustang in Action.
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: mfg495 on April 14, 2007, 02:48:29 PM: Quote from: divanov on April 14, 2007, 02:28:32 PM
This photo depicts airplane of CO of 78th Fighter Group, Col. John D. Landers. Source - Squadron Signal no. 1045 - P51 Mustang in Action.

Divanov, looks like the website is wrong, the squadron markings on the image (E2) are for the 375th Fighter Sqn of the 361st Fighter Group. The 357 FS was a part of the 355 FG with a Sqn marking of - OY

A great site for information on USAAF is - http://www.armyairforces.com/dbunitsearch.asp :-clap

Agains thanks for putting me right, it must be my age :-wise
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: divanov on April 14, 2007, 04:04:42 PM: Mfg495, sorry for confusion! You are right about "Detroit Miss", code E2-D, it's Drew's plane (source: Squadron Signal no. 6001 - Aces of the Eight) ; I was thinking (but did not tell :-wall) about P-51 which photo you have from ILA Berlin - Big Beautiful Doll! :-ok Think that Squadron Signal is valuable source. Never mind the age, if you are young in your hart, my friend!
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: No.1 on April 14, 2007, 04:31:12 PM: :-ok
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: mfg495 on April 14, 2007, 06:23:01 PM: You see that's whats great about this site, the pooling of information, always in the end we get the right info, thanks divanov.
By the way, great shots of a truly excellent aircraft, (Once they put the Merlin engine into it :)))
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: divanov on April 14, 2007, 09:06:18 PM: I'm honored to be a member of such band of brothers, mfg495. If I can help, I surely will!
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: PV Chairman on April 30, 2007, 07:35:13 PM: Hello Everyone,

Nice to see some posts about the P-51. But please be careful, there are many factual errors in the text of the Squadron Signal In Action about the P-51. The best Squadron Signal titles on the P-51 are the two Walkaround books, but even they have some strange comments.

Why do I know this? Because I am just writing a book (more like encyclopaedia) on the P-51, with a lot of imformation from the original documents from the 1940's. The documents that I have (from the manufacturer, RAF, USAAF) disprove some of the text in the Squadron Signal booklet.

Best wishes,

PV Chairman.
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: No.1 on April 30, 2007, 07:36:58 PM: Waiting for your book ;)
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: PV Chairman on April 30, 2007, 08:08:25 PM: Thanks No.1,

Its finished, I'm just re-typing some of it but all the basic work is done.

PV Chairman.
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: No.1 on April 30, 2007, 08:11:13 PM: All right :)
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: Wingman81 on March 20, 2008, 10:35:56 PM: Some more of todays harvest. :-cool
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: Wingman81 on March 20, 2008, 10:36:21 PM: #2
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: No.1 on March 20, 2008, 10:39:50 PM: Wonderful :-razz Please tell us more :-wave

P.S. is it German woods in background?
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: mfg495 on March 20, 2008, 11:29:54 PM: P-51D's from the 359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, USAAF.

Air Forced Assigned To:
8th USAAF Air Force (Aug '43 - end WWII)

Stations Flown From:
Goxhill, England (Aug '43 - Oct '43)
Martlesham, England (Oct '43 - End WWII)

Campaigns Flown in:
Air Offensive, Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Source - http://www.web-birds.com/8th/356/356th.htm
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/356thfg.php
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: Wingman81 on March 20, 2008, 11:50:07 PM: Thank you. I was just arriving at the littlefriends page:

#1 It is quoted there for this a/c:
359th Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11564 OC-W. This machine was previously OC-C "Princess Jocelyn" of Lt. William C Brearley. Its assignment as "W" is currently unknown.

#2 359th Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11564 OC-W. Another nice shot of the a/c seen above. Note though that the red rear-view mirror is now visible and although a "K", a Hamilton Standard prop is fitted.
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: mfg495 on March 21, 2008, 12:11:13 AM: Sorry Wingman81 :-obey
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: Wingman81 on March 21, 2008, 12:59:21 AM: Nice teamwork :-ok
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: mfg495 on March 21, 2008, 09:16:31 AM: Quote from: Wingman81 on March 21, 2008, 12:59:21 AM
Nice teamwork :-ok
:-clap :-salut
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: Leo on March 21, 2008, 04:56:28 PM: :-wise
The p51 is a beautiful airplane. As mentioned it became a great airplane when the Merlin engine was installed. Most of those engines were manufactures in Detroit by the Packard Motor Car Company. RR did not have the production capacity for Brit planes plus the 51. Packard was chosen to build the engine because it had world wide reputation for quality. In cidentally, the Allison engined plane was fine at lower levels as an attack aircraft. As an Army close support aircraft it was called the A36.
Title: Re: P-51 picture
Post by: No.1 on March 21, 2008, 05:00:29 PM: And it is most preserved plane as well some 270 samples are still in the world.