Last month in Idaho Falls

[GARY HILTON]

Here's a few I saw at the airport last Month ...

[K5DH]

Wow, it sure would be interesting to see that A2D Skyshark flying!

Thanks for sharing your pics, Gary. Keep 'em coming!

Cheers!

[GARY HILTON]

Thanks for your interest!!! Does anyone have any info on the fastback Mustang there?

[n5151ts]

[Hal B]

Thanks for your interest!!! Does anyone have any info on the fastback Mustang there?

Which one? The crunched one sitting outside or the "new" one in the hanger?

Fastback??

[Jim MacDonald]

How about info on the crunched one?

Thanks,

Mac

[JohnTerrell]

Has the one inside the hangar flown yet? Definitely waiting in anticapation to see it completed and in the air.

The some what crushed example seen outside, is P-51B 43-12112 that was stationed with a training unit in Florida during WWII, and involved in a collision in late 1943, and was actually recovered out of a lake.

It is nice to know that even after Pacific Fighters built the TP-51C and now the new Malcolm hood P-51B for John Sessions, there are still enough parts for further builds according to the company.

[Swiss Mustangs]

The some what crushed example seen outside, is P-51B 43-12112 that was stationed with a training unit in Florida during WWII, and involved in a collision in late 1943, and was actually recovered out of a lake.

43-12112 was coded L18 and was attached to the 54th FG 56th FS at Bartow AAF, FL. The accident happened on 24th November 1943, when 2/Lt. Richard K. Short collided with 43-12108, coded L19, flown by 2/Lt. Enrique R. Smith - both a/c crashed and the pilots perished.

Both pilots were Decatur, GA, natives. They grew up together, went
to high school together, were in ROTC together, went to GA. Tech. together, left in their junior year together to join the AAF, and were killed together in a training accident on 24th November 1943. They got their wings at Spence in October of 1943.

Martin

[GARY HILTON]

Thanks for the history on the Mustang, humbling to hear of how it came to survive to this day....The way it looked to me, it might have been an accident that had happened not long ago....
Fastback Mustang...(car)=razorback Mustang...(P-51) sorry, I like them both, and I'm a Chevy guy!

[Django]

Wow, that is an interesting story. How sad.

[F3A-1]

I located and recovered most of these P-51's in the early 80's. To make a very long story short, someone offered to store the parts for me while I moved,............well those of you that have been around Warbirds know what happened!

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