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Re: Millie G Restoration (Speaking of Mustangs for sale)
Posted by Dave on Thu Jan 15, 2004 05:12:23 PM
In reply top Re: Millie G Restoration (Speaking of Mustangs for sale) posted by Dick Phillips on Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:01:44 PM
That is correct..and the fates of ALL Millie Gs are known ...the only survivor is the one on a pole ..soon to be taken down and placed in a the base museum , it was refurbished last year. Possible the 'rebuilders' found a part that had been swapped from one of the original Millies I guess..;-))...but it sure as hell isn't one of the eight original Millies
Dave
: FROM DICK PHILLIPS
: Hey guys, there is something here that a lot of you are mi
: ssing. That is the fact that there were 8 different MILLI
: E G's. The first four were P-38s, but when the group ch
: anged over to P-51s, Major Giller had four different musta
: ngs assigned to him over a period of time. They were 44-1
: 4985,
: 44-15701, 44-72123 and 44-63204. I'm not sure what order
: they came in. So, the one on the pole with the FAD is one
: of them, and the North Dakota MILLIE G is another one.
: With all the "fiddling" of serial numbers that occured wit
: h FAD and Cavalier refurbished aircraft, it is amazing tha
: t we can get any kind of a handle on "what" is really "wha
: t".