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RAF Mustang III skins

Author Emel
Description A neat small skin pack of RAF Mustang IIIs of No 19 Sqn during the first half of 1944. Although the legendary Mustang P-51 will forever be associated with the USAAF, many RAF fighter squadron's also received it. Many units converted to the new fighter plane in early 1944. The first one to receive the first definitive varient the Mustang P-51B, dubbed by the British the Mustang III, was RAF no 65 Sqn in late December 1943. By the end of January 1944 the Squadron was already operational. No 19 Sqn also began conversion at the same time period and by 15 February 1944 became operational flying combined with No 65 Sqn the first fighter sweep with Mustang IIIs over Brussels and Lille. No enemy contact was made and the operation was uneventful. As the future ace Flt Sgt Basilios Vassiliades commented: "Nothing seen. First fighter sweep by RAF Mustang IIIs."

The skins of this pack depict four of the RAF No 19 Sqn Mustangs in their early pre-Invasion era paint scheme with a compliment of white identification stripes similar to US markings, and the standard RAF grey-green camouflage pattern. Unfortunately the individual histories of the aircraft remain incomplete, but the emphasis of the skins in this case was always more towards bringing back to life, in virtual reality form that is, the four No 19 Sqn Mustangs seen in a very nice B/W Photograph of the era. A familiar picture seen on many publications I'm sure, it shows the Mustangs QV-H, QV-I, QV-A and QV-E flying in a very nice tight ascending close echelon formation, obviously flying for the press to demonstrate the new rides. Although the skins generally follow historical lines, due to the incompleteness of individual details they should be considered semi historical. The pack includes 10 skins with fully marked, generics, finflash versions and blanks. Happy Flying!
Image MustangIIIbthumb.jpg
Size 4MB
Date Sunday 25 March 2012 - 21:05:05
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