Look at those sweet birds!
p.s. those fighter hangars look awfully familiar!
The photo dates to August 19, 1944.
The 20th FG CO Harold Rau's P-51D "Gentle Annie" is closest. The next P-51D belongs to the 352nd FG, 328th FG. I'm sure that Meyer flew with the 487th FS in August of '44. He may have borrowed this Mustang... Behind the two P-51s is Shilling's P-47D-25-RE. Note that Shilling's Jug has triple mount bazooka tubes installed. In the upper right hand corner we see Fred Gray's P-47D-25 (78th FG) and the P-38J of Hub Zemke. Zemke had been asked to take over the 479th FG after it's CO was shot down on August 10. Zemke took command on August 12. Just a week later he flew his P-38 (in which he had just 14 hours of flight time) to the meeting of VIII AF Fighter commanders. Zemke lobbied for the P-51, stating the the P-38 was just "too damn complicated for pilots new to combat". The 479th had some notable alumni members, including Robbin Olds.