North American P-51 Mustang

[wingsnstuff]

352nd Fighter Group's "Blue Nose Bastards of Bodney" Bill Whisner mount Princess Elizabeth.  Great Shot Jay

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks Vance.  "PE" was lead ship for the Horsemen that weekend at Chino.

(Which I kind of found surprising.  I wouldn't have guessed her insurance would allow formation aerobatics...)

[BillOz]

Who'd of thought a backseat ride in a P-51 would warrant two thumbs up!!!
At Copperstate 2010

[Brian Lockett]

North American P-51D Mustang Red Dog N514RP at the Copperstate Fly-in on Saturday, October 23, 2010


I have two pages of photos from the Fly-in on display at Air-and-Space.com: http://air-and-space.com/20101023%20Copperstate%20page%202.htm

[MuseumAndy]

The North American P-51D "Red Dog" at the Copperstate Fly-In.

IMG_7560 by MuseumAndy, on Flickr

[wingsnstuff]

Is the Red Nose and Tail (Rudder) depicting a Tuskegee Airman mount?

[Chris Kennedy]

Is the Red Nose and Tail (Rudder) depicting a Tuskegee Airman mount?

No. Their planes had all red tails.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-tuskegee-airmen-p-51-mustang-stu-shepherd.html

This page seems to indicate that the red nose is indicative of the 4th FG and the red rudder indicates the 334th FS of that group. One of the illustrations seems to be of the aircraft that this one represents.

http://www.markstyling.com/p51s_1.htm

[Jay Beckman]

There is another Mustang in Cali that is painted as "Red Dog VII"

[Chris Kennedy]

There is another Mustang in Cali that is painted as "Red Dog VII"

This one has exactly the same paint scheme as the one in the illustration though, even to the letters QP and O and the swastikas on the canopy rail, so they must both represent the same plane. The only thing missing on this one is the XII.

[Chris Kennedy]

There's a picture of the other one here:

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/picpages/44-72907/44-72907-p65.html

[wingsnstuff]

Thanks Chris and Jay.  There is a Tuskegee Mustang at the San Diego Air and Space Museum.  I believe that that Mustang actually flew with the Tuskegee Airman.  I thought the color scheme looked very similar.

[Chris Kennedy]

The plane at the SDASM is painted in the colors of the Tuskegee Airmen, but didn't fly with them, according to the museum's web site. It wasn't completed until March, 1945 and reached Europe just as the war there ended.

http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/collections/collection_item.php?id=25

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-73683.shtml

BTW, if you ever want to know anything about a P-51, mustangsmustangs.com is the place to go.

[wingsnstuff]

Thanks Chris

[cpasley]

P-51's 'Stang' and 'Cripes A Mighty' by Chris Pasley, on Flickr


North American P-51D Mustang  N151RJ 44-74404 "Stang" by Chris Pasley, on Flickr

[Brian Lockett]

North American P-51D Mustangs Cripes a Mighty N151BW and Stang NL151RJ departed from Deer Valley at 1:48 PM on Sunday, November 14.