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Test your P-51 memory, knowledge
and research ability!
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1959 Sarasota, FL
by Tom Smith, photo by Jim Hess
Mark Clark, Martin Kyburz
1959 Sarasota, FL
by Tom Smith, photo by Jim Hess
Mark Clark, Martin Kyburz
Readers' Responses:
Mark Clark: My guess is N16S
Martin Kyburz: This is 44-74694 which served with the 167th FS WVA ANG, nicknamed 'The Phantom'; it became N7720C, then N16S, then N6851 (Cavalier conversion) and finally became I-BILL in May 1969. The a/c crashed on July 3, 1977 near Mainz-Finthen (Germany) killing the pilot and its passenger. I own a picture of this ship, taken a few days before it crashed, showing an overall yellow scheme, succeeding the striking white/red scheme.
Case #139 shows I-BILL, case #119 shows an earlier ID, either N16S or N6851.
Mark Clark: My guess is N16S
Martin Kyburz: This is 44-74694 which served with the 167th FS WVA ANG, nicknamed 'The Phantom'; it became N7720C, then N16S, then N6851 (Cavalier conversion) and finally became I-BILL in May 1969. The a/c crashed on July 3, 1977 near Mainz-Finthen (Germany) killing the pilot and its passenger. I own a picture of this ship, taken a few days before it crashed, showing an overall yellow scheme, succeeding the striking white/red scheme.
Case #139 shows I-BILL, case #119 shows an earlier ID, either N16S or N6851.
Case Closed!
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