Jankees...
Your release of this paint scheme reminded me of an entry in my grandfather's war diary. This is dated July 17, 1944....
"17 Jul. Headed for Berlin but ran into very bad weather over Northern Germany. Aborted. On the way back, escorted battle damaged P-51 (name Sebastian, Jr.). He had seven swastikas painted on his nose so he was an ace. He was smoking and losing oil be we got him back to England. The reason we don’t see many German fighters is because certain numbers of Mustangs go looking for them when they escort us. This P-51 got into a dog fight and got a bit shot up. No bombs dropped on Germany so we go no mission credit. Dropped them in the English Channel instead. Flying time 1:50. No mission credit."