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Very interesting picture (apart from the superlative quality). P-51
FD553
(NA-91), RAF designation Mustang 1A, was part of a batch of 150 built for
RAF service, FD418-FD567. It carries strange hybrid markings, the fin
flash
looks wrong for the period and of course it still carries the white
fuselage
star. The nearer aircraft looks to be from the same batch, and the
camouflage colours look like a factory-applied approximation of Dark
Green
and Dark Earth, although this could be the result of the photographic
emulsion.

Also, is that one of the cannon-equipped Mustangs in the centre? Is that
matt black, or more likely dark green. Any ideas?

Regards

Pat Macguire

Looked to me like they were all equipped with the 4 x 20mm.

How careless of me, of course they are!

Some sources say that the Mk 1a had a standard armament of 4X20mm cannon. I
further learn that a batch of these (FD510-FD527) was retained by the US for
home defence after Pearl Harbor, "these flying in British camouflage and RAF
serial numbers but with US star insignia" I would imagine the left-hand
aircraft is almost certainly one of these, as might be the nearest one as
well.

Regards

Pat Macguire