P-51B 43-6877 "The Stars Look Down"

Shay · **Posted:** Wed Aug 30, 2023 1:48 pm

I just learned about this aircraft and it's flight where it carried Gen Eisenhower over the Normandy Battle front on July 4th, 1944. Even more ironically I just learned that the Collings Foundation is having American Aero reconfigure their 2 seat C model into the 354th FG scheme of P-51B 43-6877. The most recent update I could find was from 2020. Does anyone here know the status of this project?

Film of Ike's flight:
https://youtu.be/3Y_TBXRqdXk

From the film above:

Post Flight Nose art:

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7578

Another great looking machine.

Photo source: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/513708/N251MX/36877

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:35 pm

She looks fantastic! I thought Collings would have had this 51 and the FW-190 at Oshkosh this year together.

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