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Re: In desesperate need of a P-51B profile
Hi all,
A little update which won't bring anything to the artistical part, but a lot to the thrill of the event : here's what Mr David Wilhelm, spitfire and P-51 ace of the 31st, wrote to me...
"To the best of my memory I was Don’s flight leader (Don was flying on my wing) when we took off from Corsica. The takeoff, after preflight procedures had been accomplished, was normal. There was no confusion on the field and we took off with everything normal. After lifting off and starting a gradual (not a steep or abrupt) climbing turn to the left, I turned to look for my wingman. There was no sign of him. We had been at the takeoff position together and we had taken off line astern with Don following a few seconds after me. My recollection was that I saw him airborn, but the next time I looked, there was no sight of him. My recollection to this day was that he “went in”. That was the conclusion I feel sure I reported upon debriefing on arrival at my home base."
I'm still waiting for the pilots interview, but you can see that people are always interested in the event, even more than 60 years later.
Keep connected !
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