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==History== |
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Assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron, 43-24825 was given the name *Jerry*,<ref>http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html</ref> and allocated to 2nd Lt.Thomas E.Fraser.<ref name="WP 43-24825"/> |
Assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron, 43-24825 was given the name *Jerry*,<ref>http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html</ref> and allocated to 2nd Lt.Thomas E.Fraser.<ref name="WP 43-24825"/> |
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| ⚫ | Captured on D-Day near Cambrai, France, 43-24825 was consequently impressed into German service. After testing at Rechlin, it was added to the stable of the [[Zirkus Rosarius]], led by Hptm 'Ted' Rosarius and it was toured around various Axis airbases to train Luftwaffe pilots, performing mock air fights amongst other things. It was lost later that same year, killing the pilot Oblt Leo Potjans on December 10th 1944.<ref name="LSM P51B 43-24825"/> |
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[[File:10992613696_f9989bcc2e_o.png|thumb|left|200px|43-24825 in Luftwaffe scheme.<ref name="LSM P51B 43-24825">http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/1748-trumpeter-p-51b-zirkus-rosarius-the-mongrel-family-build-part-deux/</ref>]] |
[[File:10992613696_f9989bcc2e_o.png|thumb|left|200px|43-24825 in Luftwaffe scheme.<ref name="LSM P51B 43-24825">http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/1748-trumpeter-p-51b-zirkus-rosarius-the-mongrel-family-build-part-deux/</ref>]] |
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| ⚫ | Captured on D-Day near Cambrai, France, 43-24825 was consequently impressed into German service,<ref name="LSM P51B 43-24825"/> receiving the Luftwaffe code '''T9+HK.'''<ref>{{Luftwaffe Warplane Survivors}}</ref> After testing at Rechlin, it was added to the stable of the [[Zirkus Rosarius]], led by Hptm 'Ted' Rosarius, and it was toured around various Axis airbases to train Luftwaffe pilots, performing mock air fights amongst other things. It was lost later that same year, killing the pilot Oblt Leo Potjans, on December 10th 1944.<ref name="LSM P51B 43-24825"/> |
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Latest revision as of 10:55, 13 January 2017
History[]
Assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron, 43-24825 was given the name *Jerry*,[3] and allocated to 2nd Lt.Thomas E.Fraser.[2]
43-24825 in Luftwaffe scheme.[4]
Captured on D-Day near Cambrai, France, 43-24825 was consequently impressed into German service,[4] receiving the Luftwaffe code T9+HK.[5] After testing at Rechlin, it was added to the stable of the Zirkus Rosarius, led by Hptm 'Ted' Rosarius, and it was toured around various Axis airbases to train Luftwaffe pilots, performing mock air fights amongst other things. It was lost later that same year, killing the pilot Oblt Leo Potjans, on December 10th 1944.[4]