On Tue, 24 May 2016 20:09:37 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
<spirit@stlouis.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 25 May 2016 05:10:45 +0930, "Dave Kearton"
><Dave@kearton.com.au> wrote:
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>>"Charles Lindbergh" wrote in message
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>>On Tue, 24 May 2016 07:00:01 -0500, Mitchell Holman
>><noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> The canopies on the two aircraft in the foreground look different then
>>> the normal P51-D canopy. They almost look like they are from the
>>> Fw-190 production line. I suppose that would make sense if the
>>> original pilot had to bail out and the canopy was destroyed.
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>>It's actually a frame from a low-budget war movie in the early '50s.
>>Can't remember which one now, I saw it (probably) 40 years ago.
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>You could very well be correct. However, so far, in five minutes I
>have found at least three web sites which have published this same
>image. see:
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>http://worldwarwings.com/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-p-51-mustang
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>Also, the movie clip answer doesn't explain the difference in the
>canopies.
Based on the dates of the movie, wondering if these are P-51H or P-51K
models, which do have the slightly different canopies.
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