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Re: P-51 down in Michigan?

Posted by bdk on Tue Mar 05, 2002 04:13:52 PM

In reply top Re: P-51 down in Lake Michigan? posted by James Church on Tue Mar 05, 2002 04:09:04 PM

Crash report: http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X31128&key=1

The N-number has been de-registered.

Wasn't this P-51 owned by Gerry Myles at one time?

: This was 'Tally Ho' bellonging to Wayne Meylan. He and pas
: senger John Colton III were killed in it when it crashed w
: hile flying in formation with another P-51 along the Lake
: Michigan shore.(it crashed on land, not in the water) Shor
: tly afterwards I saw the recovered wreckage in Bob Byrne's
: hanger at Detroit City Airport, and there wasn't much lef
: t. 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). Anyon
: e know if the paperwork for this one still exists? Jim

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