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Ok, got some good info for you...

Posted by Lynn hard at work on Mon Sep 30, 2002 02:43:11 PM

In reply top Does anyone know???? posted by Karen on Mon Sep 30, 2002 01:43:13 PM

Hi Karen-

First of all, Dean's aircraft was a P-51B-1-NA, as shown by the listing from Joe Baugher's site:

43-12093/12492 North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang
c/n 102-24541/24940.

By following this, we arrive at a construction number of 102-24700 for serial number 43-12252 (presuming Joe's data is correct, which it usually is). He listed two aircraft from this block as being with the 354th FG (the "Pioneer Mustang" group, first to be equipped with the P-51 in the ETO), and I found the following shots of aircraft from the same production block on Jim Sterling's site at www.web-birds.com:


43-12408



43-124xx (last two digits unknown)



Profile of 43-12451



So, I'd say the odds are VERY strong that the aircraft retained its original OD over NG paint scheme. I'm trying to find an accounting of Mustangs assigned to the 354th to see if 312252 was ever assigned to the group. In the interim, this is at least one of your questions answered... :)

Lynn

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