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Pacific P-51D
chip250
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Posted: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 12:48 PM UTC
Does anyone know where I can find good reference pictures of P-51D units that saw action in the Pacific? Some website on the internet?

I need paint schemes, so anything would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
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Posted: Friday, February 09, 2007 - 10:35 AM UTC
Hi Chip,

See Osprey's VLR P-51 Units of the Pacific War.


Some others: http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51pics/military/pto.shtml

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1999/12/stuff_eng_profile_mustang1.htm

IIRC, by the time 5th A.F. got P-51Ds, all got dressed like the top profile of the bottom link. I have Kenn C. Rust's Fifth Air Force Story, as well as Steve Birdsall's Flying buccaneers: The illustrated story of Kenney's Fifth Air Force, and the various Squadron-Signal books.

Now, for the Iwo Jima based Mustangs storied in the Osprey book:
http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1999/12/stuff_eng_profile_mustang2.htm

This looks to have beau coup info: http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib5a.htm

Then, 14th A.F.'s 'Stangs:
http://www.web-birds.com/14th/23/23.htm

Several color pix available here.
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