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P-40B Warhawk447 viewsThis P-40B was the first prototype Curtiss provided for flight evaluation at Wright-Patterson in 1940. This version was exported to the RAF and designated Tomahawk IIA.Jul 15, 2006
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P-51D Mustang E2-Y508 viewsP51D, serial number 414460, E2-Y was assigned to pilot John W. Johnston of the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, Little Walden, England, 1945.
John W. Johnston is the father of Austin Scale Modelers Society member Jack Johnston.
The notch out of the fuselage national insignia is on both sides of the aircraft. This aircraft also had the rearward facing radar installed on the vertical stabilizer.
Special thanks to Jack Johnston for excellent photo references.Jul 15, 2006
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P-51D CL-M "Katydid"576 viewsP-51D, serial number 414223, was assigned to Lt. Col. Elwyn Righetti, 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group.
Righetti was the top straffer ace who had 27 aircraft destroyed on the ground as well as 7.5 in the air.
RiP-51D CL-M "Katydid" was one the most weathered aircraft one will see photographs of. The spinner stripes were even crooked. This model represents the aircraft in December 1944.
Jul 15, 2006
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P-51D-10-NA, Old Crow394 viewsP-51D-10-NA was assigned to Capt. Clarence "Bud" Anderson, 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357 Fighter Group, in December 1944.
In November 1944, this aircraft was overall olive drab upper surfaces and neutral gray under side. Anderson's off-handed remark to his ground crew to the effect that he would like to have the aircraft in natural metal resulted in the overnight removal of the paint by his crew using gasoline rags to remove all but the name and kill markings. Jul 15, 2006
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P-51B-10-NA, VF-P, Reggie's Reply606 viewsThis was the assigned aircraft of Capt. John T. Godfrey, 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group in April 1944.
This new aircraft was presented to him on his return from leave. Twenty black swastikas under the cockpit showed Godfrey's tally at the time. The aircraft was named after Godrey's brother Reggie who was lost in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, hence Reggie's Reply. Jul 15, 2006
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P-47M-1-RE476 viewsP-47M-1-RE, serial number 4-21175, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group was given this special marking for the Paris Air Show in May of 1945.
The port side of the aircraft had Hub Zemke's kill marks below the canopy although Zemke never did pilot this particular aircraft. Lt. Paul C. Dawson was the aircraft's pilot.Jul 15, 2006
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P-47M Thunderbolt587 viewsP-47M, serial number 4-21116, HV-J was in the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, Boxted England 1945.
It was assigned to pilot Lt. Russell S. Kyler, and it was named 'Lorene' after the pilot's sweetheart.
Russell Kyler currently lives south of Austin, Tx. He has been to King's Hobby and visited with their staff.Jul 15, 2006
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P-40E Warhawk481 viewsThis P40E, "Bob's Robin", #94, was flown by Lt. Robert H. Vaught, 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, Australia, Summer 1942.
Lt. Vaught flew from a jungle air strip. On one mission, he was bitten shortly after takeoff by a snake that had crawled into his cockpit. He managed to land the aircraft and survived the venomous bite.Jul 15, 2006
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F-84G Thunderjet, FS-229725 viewsThis F-84G 51-1226 was flown by Major Don Gravenstive, CO of the 492nd Bomber Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, USAFE, Chaumont, France, 1952Jul 15, 2006
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USAAF Spitfire Mk. IX c.703 viewsThis Spitfire was assigned to Lt. Col. E. P. Allen, 9th Tactical Air Command in England in 1944.
Allen traded in his P-51D Mustang to the British in France during 1944 for this Spitfire Mk. IXc.Jul 15, 2006
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USAAF F.8 Mosquito464 viewsThis is the first USAAF F.8 Mosquito delivered to Wright Field, Ohio on June 1, 1943. It was serial number 334928, formerly KB 317, a B Mk. VII model.
The USAAF later received thirty-six Mosquito B Mk. XXs for photo reconnaissance.Jul 15, 2006
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Fairey Swordfish Mk.1396 viewsThis Fairey Swordfish Mk.1 is marked with temporary U.S. national insignia for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1942.Jul 15, 2006
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