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Re: P-51 down in Lake Michigan?

Posted by James Church on Tue Mar 05, 2002 04:09:04 PM

In reply top P-51 down in Lake Michigan? posted by bdk on Tue Mar 05, 2002 03:07:44 PM

This was 'Tally Ho' bellonging to Wayne Meylan. He and passenger John Colton III were killed in it when it crashed while flying in formation with another P-51 along the Lake Michigan shore.(it crashed on land, not in the water) Shortly afterwards I saw the recovered wreckage in Bob Byrne's hanger at Detroit City Airport, and there wasn't much left. The largest pieces were the engine and a section of the forward wing spar containing both landing gear legs. The NTSB has a summary of the accident at their web site (www.ntsb.gov ... look for June 26, 1987, Ludington. MI). Anyone know if the paperwork for this one still exists? Jim

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