Pacific ponys.

[lyric1]

Thought I would put up some Pacific pony's that I like.


" Jumpin Jacques "  3FG 3FS



http://www.ww2color.com/search/webapps/slides/slides.php?action=update&primary_key=00147





Not the original aircraft it shows the scheme off well though.

http://www.hangar11.co.uk/mustang.php

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-72035.shtml

[oboe]

I like it!   

Good idea posting Pac 51s.   Any info on her or her pilot?

[oboe]

Looks to be a historical mystery to solve here - first description says service in PTO at Luzon, second one says it served in Italy with the 332nd "Red Tails".

Color scheme looks more like a PTO bird to me. 

Wonderful evening color picture of Lt. J.E. Youngs P51-D Mustang - 'Jumpin' Jaques', of 3rd FS- 3rd FG, 5th Air Force, Gabu Strip, Lizon 1945. **

"Jumpin Jacques" is a P-51D-20-NA model, built at North American’s Inglewood facility in Califoia. Accepted by the USAAF on December 21 1944 as 44-72035 she was originally earmarked for service with the Eighth Air Force in England but this was quickly changed to Project Number 91037R, indicating service in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.

Having spent the Christmas and New Year period at Inglewood 44-72035 began her jouey overseas on January 4 1945 with a ferry flight across the mainland USA arriving at Newark, New Jersey, on January 10 where she was prepared for shipment, by boat, overseas and finally left the US on January 24 1945 and was assigned to "Oham" the codeword for the 15th Air Force based in Italy.

44-72035 was assigned to the 332nd fighter group. The 332nd became very famous as the first all Afro American manned Group known as "The Tuskegee Airmen" although references to them at the time refer to them as "The Red Tails". She entered combat with the 15th Air force around March 1945 serving out the last few months of the war on escort and ground attack sweeps over Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. She still carries the battle scars to this day, with bullet repairs in several places on the fuselage.

[Fencer51]

Don't get confused between the actual combat history of the aircraft depicted in the profile, and the history of the airframe currently wearing the colors of the aircraft depicted in the profile.

[oboe]

Don't get confused between the actual combat history of the aircraft depicted in the profile, and the history of the airframe currently wearing the colors of the aircraft depicted in the profile.

I think thats exactly what happened.  Thanks, Fencer.

[lyric1]

I think thats exactly what happened.  Thanks, Fencer.

I got caught at first too.

[lyric1]

One for the Buckeyes. 348th Fighter group.

Dirty Dick IV.









http://www.flyingmule.com/products/CG-CS90424

[lyric1]

I like it!   

Good idea posting Pac 51s.   Any info on her or her pilot?

I guess this should have been a CBI pony?

http://forum.armyairforces.com/m70286.aspx

http://forum.armyairforces.com/P51-3rd-Air-Comando-Group-m67822.aspx

[TwinBoom]

[Megalodon]

I guess this should have been a CBI pony?

http://forum.armyairforces.com/m70286.aspx

http://forum.armyairforces.com/P51-3rd-Air-Comando-Group-m67822.aspx

"Air Commando Fighters of WWII" by Edward Young





in the book "Air Commando: Fifty Years of the USAF Air Commando and Special Operations "
it mentions Young unwittingly volunteering for the 3rd ACG. Also, while trying out his new P-51D  for the 1st time he opened his canopy on approach for landing <standard practice> but forgot his goggles and was temporarily blinded by the dust blowing around.

the 3rd and 4th FS were in the Southwest Pacific

[lyric1]

"Air Commando Fighters of WWII" by Edward Young

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in the book "Air Commando: Fifty Years of the USAF Air Commando and Special Operations "
it mentions Young unwittingly volunteering for the 3rd ACG. Also, while trying out his new P-51D  for the 1st time he opened his canopy on approach for landing <standard practice> but forgot his goggles and was temporarily blinded by the dust blowing around.

the 3rd and 4th FS were in the Southwest Pacific

Excellent post.

[Megalodon]

Excellent post.

Yes it would seem a little conflicting  

If Jacques was in the 4th FS, as it says, then the nose cone would be red not blue. Bet that would throw a monkey wrench to all the modelers, profilers and skinners.

The letters on the tail were the 1st letter in the last names of the squad members. When they were full or taken they used Greek. Omega being the last letter in the Greek alphabit it was as close as he could get to Y.

The authors info was a personal interview with Jacques.

But I imagine he may have been assigned to both squads during his time or that is a typo or mistake.

 

[Megalodon]

another shot in action w/egg