"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message thlink.net...
"Richard" wrote in message
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Is anyone able to identify the model (and date/year of active service)
of the following P51s? (and how do you tell!)

http://triptpolers.houseoftucker.com...ohour/zh72.jpg

They appear towards the end of the Star Trek - Enterprise episode
"Zero Hour" - one of the NX01 shuttles are attacked by them...

(Now they could be fake - as no-one is sure whether the NX01 shuttle
is in the past or an alternate future)


The aircraft are P-51Ds or P-51Ks. The red/yellow/red spinner and
red/yellow checked band on the cowling aft of the spinner are the markings
of the 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. The codes painted on the side of
the plane were used in Europe during WWII by the RAF and USAAF. They
depicted the squadron it belonged to and the individual plane's identity.
The two-letter group identified the squadron and the single letter
identified the individual aircraft. But the code letters AS were not
assigned to any squadron.


I'm almost certain they're models or computer generated. If real we should
be able to see the fuselage fuel tank level gage behind the pilot's head
and the gunsight mounted in front of his face, neither of which is visible.
I assume that the dark markings on the wing represent smoke from the guns. If
so, it's very strange. I've fired the Mustang's guns many times and never saw
such a pattern.

Howard Austin