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P-51C-10-NT, 43-25054, 1Lt. Willard H. Lewis Jr., 79 FS, 20 FG, 8 AF, Kings Cliffe, The United Kingdom, August 1944
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The Mustang with Four Faces—that’s how one might describe the history of the paint scheme on this P-51C, serial number 43-25054. After the 20 FS transitioned from P-38s to the new P-51 Mustangs, Lt. Willard “Joe” Lewis flew this aircraft from February to September 1944. At that time, the aircraft’s upper surfaces were camouflaged in Olive Drab, and just like Lewis’s previous P-38 Lightning, his new Mustang bore the inscription Hell’s Belle and a devil emblem on the nose. With this aircraft, Lewis scored two Bf 109 kills and
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achieved numerous successes against ground targets during the 287 operational hours he flew during World War II. In the fall of 1944, after the addition of a dorsal fin fillet and the subsequent partial removal of the Olive Drab camouflage— primarily on the fuselage—the aircraft received black-and-white vertical stripes on the nose, and the inscription Beaverhead Filly was newly painted on the left side. Lt. Keith C. Price flew this Mustang, achieving his only aerial victory in it. Lt. Robert M. Scott was the next pilot to take
over this aircraft, and he had the inscription Shoot You’re Faded painted on the left side of the engine cowling, which he later supplemented with Berties Bet. Throughout its wartime career, this Mustang was maintained by the same mechanics and armament specialists, Sgt. E. Schrader and Sgt. A. Kublin. Under their care, it logged over 700 flight hours during the war and survived until its end. Eventually, after the war, it crashed near Munich.
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