RARE COLOR IMAGES FROM
THE CHALLENGE ARCHIVES
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY78 AIR CLASSICS/August 2022
We are not sure where this wonderfully
evocative photograph was taken but it
shows a factory-new North American
P-51A Mustang being ferried to an active
USAAF unit. Women’s Airforce Service
Pilots (WASP) discuss the Mustang
with a USAAF lieutenant. The Olive
Drab and Neutral Gray camouflage is
still relatively pristine, indicating that
the Allison-powered Mustang had been
recently completed. Note the P-38 in the
right background, immediately under the
P-51A.