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  1. March 23rd, 2009, 17:41 #1
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    Hi guys,I don't fly CFS3 much but I thought you would like this.Now tell everyone whose plane it was and what unit it served in.:friday:
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  2. March 23rd, 2009, 19:01 #2
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    This is P-51D 44-6495:

    Capt. Claude J. Crenshaw
    359th FG 369th FS

    Crenshaw also flew P-51B 42-106689, was an ace in a day, and had a an official score of seven aerial and three ground victories. Done... :typing:
  3. March 23rd, 2009, 19:33 #3
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    Good man,I hope you like the photos.:friday:
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  4. March 23rd, 2009, 19:46 #4
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    They are really nice!
  5. March 23rd, 2009, 22:31 #5
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    was 'Heat Wave' a Korean theatre mustang?
  6. March 23rd, 2009, 23:08 #6
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    The swastikas on the fuselage would suggest not...
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  7. March 24th, 2009, 07:11 #7
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    Aha!! but the number AND the red stripe in the white bar say Korea... Mebbe the kills were imported
    fer 'sentimental' reasons? (silly, I admit it! ) :

    http://p51h.home.comcast.net/~p51h/
  8. March 24th, 2009, 07:32 #8
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    and the small text on the side of the plane says F-51-H5, and AFAIK, F-term wasn't used until after WWII..
  9. March 24th, 2009, 08:00 #9
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    She may be one of the aircraft that has been repainted in original markings but with later additions; like all those P-51s that are a light blue colour, which was never used but appeared to be used on a P-51 in a photograph: in reality, it was just an optical illusion on the camera.
  10. March 24th, 2009, 08:55 #10
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    The correct answer would be P-51H 4461495 of Capt Claude Crenshaw, 82nd FG, post war, Grenier Field, New Hampshire.

    And the aircraft indeed is a -H instead of a -D, as the higher tail and the smaller wheels together with the shallower scoop reveal.
  11. March 24th, 2009, 12:59 #11
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    Methinks some of our more 'seasoned' experts are lettin' us figure it out...
    Welcome to the apprentice corner...
    BTW there is a type 'H' over at the 'Mudpond', kids... and Jerry's got it lookin' pretty cool.
    ...perfect for running support for the Toko-ri Panthers elsewhere...:d

    (Wait a moment, Professor Greycap is on board and directly in the know!)

    (just pass me my cup and pencils, please... sir?... m'am... is anybody OUT there?)
  12. March 24th, 2009, 16:39 #12
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    Thought you guys might like these also.
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    Was no. 31 in the Aleutians?
  14. March 24th, 2009, 19:51 #14
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    My bad. I thought that it was an H by the tail but he claimed it was a D and the kill markings didn't match up with the post 1948 insignia so I just went off of the name that was printed on the pit. Apparently, printing WWII markings on post war aircraft was not that uncommon as it was the standard in the 412th Test Group and could be seen in occupation air craft such like P-51D's like Ole VIII.






  15. March 25th, 2009, 04:51 #15
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    I just assumed it was a D model,to tell the truth.
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  16. March 28th, 2009, 06:47 #16
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    so i was right then, it was a repaint?
  17. March 28th, 2009, 06:58 #17
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    Nope, it's a real scheme. After the war Grenshaw flew the H model as shown, decorated with his wartime markings.
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