324823 / N515ZB North American P-51B Mustang 'Berlin Express'

            Duxford in a Different Light: American Air Power was an after-hours photography event commemorating 80 years of the US 8th Air Force in Britain and 25 years since the opening of the American Air Museum.

One of the three stars of the event, held at the Cambridge airfield on 26th November 2022, was North American P-51B Mustang 324823 coded B6-O and named ‘Berlin Express’ (N515ZB).

The restored fighter is based around the remains of P-51B 43-24837. This Mustang flew with the 9th Air Force’s 363rd Fighter Group out of RAF Staplehurst in Kent, England. It crashed in Beckley after the pilot was forced to bail out during a training exercise on June 10th, 1944. Sporting a “Malcolm Hood” canopy and wearing the markings for “Berlin Express”, Comanche Fighters newest Mustang is dressed exactly like the 357th Fighter Group Mustang which the legendary American ace Bill Overstreet flew under the Eiffel Tower while successfully shooting down a Messerschmitt Me.109 in 1944.

Taken on: November 26, 2022

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