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Post what you have- type, s/n etc. This board is usually pretty good about coming up with something.
kevin
Agreed! This board is a great resource. The info we have is:
North American P-51D-20NA #44-72356 Const# 122-38815 (Inglewood), build late 1944. We believe it was in the 8th Air Force at the end of the war but hope to get more concrete info. We know it went to Sweden after the war and then to the Dominican Republic.
The photo was sent to us by a gentleman who's father was a pilot in the war (in the 9th AF though, not the 8th). Still working on that connection. His log books apparently don't specifically show this aircraft but he had this pic for some reason (could be he just enjoyed the planes like we do).
It has some identification that may help:
1. The code letter "O" is visible on the fuselage, though not the other 2 letters.
2. A horizontal stripe on the vertical tail.
3. A tapered paint line wrapping the nose (and prop?), continuing along the canopy.
4. Some block style info right below the windscreen.
5. What looks like a name below and behind the exhaust stacks.
I have the photo at a shop trying to enhance it, maybe we'll get some more from that. Pics are here:
http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/14RGI ... t/44-72356Thanks!
quemerford wrote:
If it's USAF, AFHRA is always the first step: for Navy I use Pensacola. Both invaluable.
Thanks for that Quemerford, I agree completely and am in process with AFHRA. I'm hoping there are some other resources that may have more in depth details. For example the little friends website has a great amount info:
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/ Unfortunately nothing for this aircraft yet.