It wasn't until I was finished that I realized that there was already a 457th FS aircraft in the A2A package, "Kwitcherbitchin", but hey, another green tail won't hurt now, will it?
meanwhile:
P-51D-25 44-72855, 462th FS/506 FG, #643 'Providence Permittin', as flown by Lieutenants Allen F.Colley and Leonard A. Dietz. 'Providence Permittin'' was a favorite saying of Lt Colley's grandmother.
P-51D-20 44-72587, 462th FS/506 FG, #619 "Hon. Mistake, flown by Lieutenants William G. Ebersole and James R. Bercaw. Based at Airfield No 3, Iwo Jima, Summer 1945. Lt Ebersole was the youngest pilot of the 506th FG. He enrolled at 18, and was 20 years old in 1945 on Iwo Jima. He would fly 12 mission, 10 of which were VLR missions.
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