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s/n 44-13606, Capt. Claude J. Crenshaw, 369th FS, 359th FG, 8th AF,

East Wretham, United Kingdom, September 1944

Twenty-four years old native of Monroe in Louisiana, Claude James

Crenshaw, joined the ranks of the Army Air Corps in December

1942. After the training his was assigned to 359th FG based in East

Wretham in Great Britain. After he completed the nine months

long tour of duty, during which he shot down seven enemy airplanes, he was ordered back to the United States where he was flying

as an instructor. He also flew combat in Korea and Vietnam retiring

in 1965 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

The aircraft flew in the original factory finish. The nose painted

green was 359th FG marking, the plane’s so-called invasion stripes

on the fuselage and wings were deleted as well as the black stripe

painted on the vertical tail surface and the rudder.

Historically first release of the version without the dorsal fin fillet

INFO Eduard - October 2019

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