P-51 picture

[No.1]

Wonderful  Please tell us more 

P.S. is it German woods in background?

[mfg495]

P-51D's from the 359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, USAAF.

Air Forced Assigned To:
8th USAAF Air Force (Aug '43 - end WWII)
        
Stations Flown From:
Goxhill, England (Aug '43 - Oct '43)
Martlesham, England (Oct '43 - End WWII)
        
Campaigns Flown in:    
Air Offensive, Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Source - http://www.web-birds.com/8th/356/356th.htm
            http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/356thfg.php

[Wingman81]

Thank you. I was just arriving at the littlefriends page:

#1 It is quoted there for this a/c:
359th Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11564 OC-W. This machine was previously OC-C "Princess Jocelyn" of Lt. William C Brearley. Its assignment as "W" is currently unknown.

#2 359th Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11564 OC-W. Another nice shot of the a/c seen above. Note though that the red rear-view mirror is now visible and although a "K", a Hamilton Standard prop is fitted.

[mfg495]

Sorry Wingman81 

[Wingman81]

Nice teamwork 

[mfg495]

Nice teamwork 

[Leo]

 
The p51 is a beautiful airplane.  As mentioned it became a great airplane when the Merlin engine was installed.  Most of those engines were manufactures in Detroit by the Packard Motor Car Company.  RR did not have the production capacity for Brit planes plus the 51.  Packard was chosen to build the engine because it had world wide reputation for quality.  In cidentally, the Allison engined plane was fine at lower levels as an attack aircraft.  As an Army close support aircraft it was called the A36.

[No.1]

And it is most preserved plane as well some 270 samples are still in the world.