IMG_7991
P51D Mustang ‘Moonbeam McSwine’ F-AZXS
• Aircraft Type: P51D Mustang
• Operator: Mistral Warbirds – Fred Akary
• Year of Manufacture: 1944
• Powered by: RR Merlin Packard V1650
• Colour Scheme: 352th FS 487th FG 2 “Blue nose bastards of Bodney”
Built in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, with the serial No. 44-73656 in October 1944 she was accepted by the USAAF and shipped to Great Britain. She was not assigned and returned to the U.S.A to be flown by the Air National Guard. She was retired from service in 1958 and sold for surplus. The El Salvador Air Force acquired her and she was flown during the Soccer War conflict against Honduras from 1968 to 1974. Sold back as surplus in the USA she was acquired and restored in the colours she wears now, “Moonbeam McSwine” flown by Captain W. Whisner during WWII. In 1975 she won Grand Champion Warbird in Fresno CA. Fred Akary – Mistral Warbirds acquired her in 2012 where she now resides in Avignon in the South of France.
North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• Operator: Norwegian Spitfire Foundation
• Year of Manufacture: 1944
• Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin
• Colour Scheme: KH774 ‘GA-S’ 112 Squadron RAF (Shark mouth) 44-11602
This aircraft was manufactured in 1944 for the United States Army Air Force and registered as military serial number 44-73877. She did not see combat action during WWII.
During 1951 she was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force where she served until 1958. From 1958 to 1980 the aeroplane was flown by various private owners. After an extensive rebuild from 1980 to 1985 she was registered N167F and bore the ‘Old Crow’ colour scheme of Col. Clarence Anderson who’s signature remains on the left undercarriage door panel.
In 2012 she was purchased by a UK owner and delivered to the UK in August that year. Since then the aeroplane has been overhauled and refitted and is now in the colour scheme of Lt. Blanchford, RAF 112 Squadron which operated from Italy in 1945 on ground attack missions over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast.
IMG_7991
P51D Mustang ‘Moonbeam McSwine’ F-AZXS
• Aircraft Type: P51D Mustang
• Operator: Mistral Warbirds – Fred Akary
• Year of Manufacture: 1944
• Powered by: RR Merlin Packard V1650
• Colour Scheme: 352th FS 487th FG 2 “Blue nose bastards of Bodney”
Built in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, with the serial No. 44-73656 in October 1944 she was accepted by the USAAF and shipped to Great Britain. She was not assigned and returned to the U.S.A to be flown by the Air National Guard. She was retired from service in 1958 and sold for surplus. The El Salvador Air Force acquired her and she was flown during the Soccer War conflict against Honduras from 1968 to 1974. Sold back as surplus in the USA she was acquired and restored in the colours she wears now, “Moonbeam McSwine” flown by Captain W. Whisner during WWII. In 1975 she won Grand Champion Warbird in Fresno CA. Fred Akary – Mistral Warbirds acquired her in 2012 where she now resides in Avignon in the South of France.
North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• Operator: Norwegian Spitfire Foundation
• Year of Manufacture: 1944
• Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin
• Colour Scheme: KH774 ‘GA-S’ 112 Squadron RAF (Shark mouth) 44-11602
This aircraft was manufactured in 1944 for the United States Army Air Force and registered as military serial number 44-73877. She did not see combat action during WWII.
During 1951 she was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force where she served until 1958. From 1958 to 1980 the aeroplane was flown by various private owners. After an extensive rebuild from 1980 to 1985 she was registered N167F and bore the ‘Old Crow’ colour scheme of Col. Clarence Anderson who’s signature remains on the left undercarriage door panel.
In 2012 she was purchased by a UK owner and delivered to the UK in August that year. Since then the aeroplane has been overhauled and refitted and is now in the colour scheme of Lt. Blanchford, RAF 112 Squadron which operated from Italy in 1945 on ground attack missions over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast.