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P-51B-1, 43-12405, Col. David L. Hill, CO of 23rd FG, 14th AF, China, 1944
David Lee “Tex” Hill was born on July 13, 1915,
in Kwangju, Korea, to American missionaries.
He entered the Navy in 1938 as an air cadet and
earned his air wings in 1939 after graduating from
Pensacola NAS. He was first assigned to Torpedo
Squadron 3, flying the TBD Devastator from
USS Saratoga (CV-3), then flew with Bombing
Squadron 4, flying the SB2U Vindicator from
USS Ranger (CV-4). In 1941 he was transferred
to China to the Flying Tigers, where he flew first
as a squadron leader and then as commander
of 2nd Squadron AVG flying 250 combat hours
in the P-40 Tomahawk. He was credited with
13 destroyed Japanese aircraft. In July 1942 the
AVG disbanded, and Hill remained until the end of
1942 as commander of the 75th Fighter Squadron
and assumed command of the 23rd Fighter
Group later. He returned to the US in November
1944. In all, Hill scored 19 confirmed kills plus
more than 20 probable ones and spent the rest
of the war as commander of the 412th Fighter
Group, operationally testing the first Bell YP-59
and Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star jets. In 1945,
he left the Army Air Corps and joined the Texas
Air National Guard to command the 58th Fighter
Wing, becoming the youngest brigadier general
ever to serve in the National Guard.
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644268 P-51B/C LööK (Brassin)
648986 P-51B/C wheels diamond tread (Brassin)
648987 P-51B/C wheels oval tread (Brassin)
648988 P-51B/C wheels cross tread (Brassin)
648989 P-51B/C wheels block tread (Brassin)
648990 P-51B/C wheels diamond tread 2 (Brassin)
648991 P-51B/C wheels block tread 2 (Brassin)
648992 P-51B/C exhaust stacks (Brassin)
648993 P-51B/C exhaust stacks w/fairing (Brassin)
648994 P-51B/C undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)
648997 P-51B/C gun bays PRINT (Brassin)
6481001 P-51B/C 108gal drop tanks PRINT (Brassin)
6481002 P-51B/C seat Type 1 PRINT (Brassin)
6481003 P-51B/C seat Type 2 PRINT (Brassin)
6481004 P-51B/C engine (Brassin)
6481005 P-51B/C 75gal drop tank early PRINT (Brassin)
6481006 P-51B/C Hamilton Standard propeller (Brassin)
6481007 P-51B/C Hamilton Standard
propeller uncuffed (Brassin)
6481008 P-51B/C bazooka rocket launcher (Brassin)
6481009 P-51B/C/D seat Type 3 PRINT (Brassin)
6481010 P-51B/C wheel bay PRINT (Brassin)
3DL48177 P-51B/C SPACE (3D Decal Set)
EX1036 P-51B/C framed canopy TFace (Mask)
EX1037 P-51B/C Malcolm Hood canopy TFace (Mask)
EX1038 P-51B/C US national insignia (Mask)
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