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‘Miss Helen’ G-BIXL 44-72216

Packard V1650

6 mitrailleuses Browning de 12,7 mm

Delivered to the US Army Air Force (USAAF) in 1945 she saw active service in World War II with 352nd FG 487th FS  ‘The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney’, and has several confirmed kills to her name

​She was flown by Capt. Raymond Littge as ‘Miss Helen’ and by later by Lt. Russell Ross as ‘Miss Nita’. Today wearing the the same paint scheme as she did in 1945

She’s the last original 352nd Fighter Group P-51 known to exist. 352 FG flew nearly 60,000 combat hours in just 19 months of WWII, claiming 519 enemy aircraft destroyed in the air, 287 on the ground and produced 26 aces for losses of 118 aircraft.

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Source North American P-51D Mustang 1944
Author Falcon® Photography from France, France
Camera location52° 05′ 36.39″ N, 0° 07′ 47.27″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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