43-6623 Spare Parts
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FRE 3247
The nose art of a P-51B Mustang (serial number 43-6623) nicknamed "Spare Parts". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51B-15-NA nose on 43-6623.' Printed caption on reverse: '0-sox N-Spare Parts nose art U-.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 352nd Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667060
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA, USA | 30 October 1943 | Built by North American at its Inglewood, California plant, the aircraft was accepted by the USAAF on 30th October 1943. |
Delivered |
Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside L24, UK | 2 February 1944 | Shipped across the Atlantic arriving at the Lockheed facility at Speke on the 2nd February 1944. |
Crashed |
18 February 1944 | Take off accident, damaged beyond economical repair, Speke, England. Pilot Langhorne S Gee. | |
Other Rebuilt |
Warton, Warton Aerodrome, Warton, Preston, Lancashire PR4, UK | 1 July 1944 | Having been shipped to Warton as salvage, groundcrew rebuilt it, in their spare time, with parts from other damaged airframes. Returned to flight July 1944 as 'Spare Parts'. Used as a squadron hack. |
Crashed |
Irish Sea | The aircraft believed to have been lost due to a major engine failure in late 1944 possibly over the South of England or the Irish Sea, though no official report. |