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30 FLYPAST April 2015

SHARK

MOUTH^ new and striking coloursRichard Paver captures a well-known Mustang in its

WARBIRDS P-51 MUSTANG

Cthe heritage of the subject and turn heads. Shaun Patrick has achieved both with P-51D Mustang N167F, and its debut on the European airshow circuit will be one of this hoosing a colour scheme for a warbird takes lots of consideration. It should evoke

season’s highlights.Ferried to the UK from Sweden on August 31, 2012 the Mustang was initially based at Shoreham. It was overhauled and a lot of work was carried out in

to Fly. Meanwhile Shaun set about selecting the colours that the P-51 would wear. He settled on 112 Squadron RAF, order to gain a British Permit

made famous from its nickname, the ‘Shark Squadron’. The unit adopted the distinctive ‘shark mouth’ for its Curtiss Tomahawk IIbs in North Africa’s Western Desert in the summer of 1941.

Aces Clive Caldwell, Billy Drake and Neville Duke served with 112 during 1941 and 1942. In late 1941 the squadron took

on its first Curtiss Kittyhawks, in turn Mk.Is, IIIs and IVs, which were also adorned with shark mouths. The unit moved to Sicily in July 1943 and crossed to mainland

Italy in September. In June 1944 the Kittyhawks were replaced by Mustang IIIs (the RAF equivalent of the USAAF’s P-51B and ’C) and from February 1945 upgraded to Mk.IVs (P-51Ds) and Mk.IVAs

(P-51Ks).Settling for a Mustang of 112 Squadron, Shaun chose Mk.IVA KH774, coded ‘GA-S’. This

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(^) new and striking coloursRichard Paver captures a well-known Mustang in its In January 2015 the Mustang was fl own from Bournemouth to Duxford for some engineering work and the fi rst air-to-air photos of this aircraft in its new colours were taken. Lars Ness was fl ying the Mustang during the sortie. ALL PHOTOS BY RICHARD PAVER
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machine was flown on ground attack sorties over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast by 2nd Lt E F Blatchford. 112’s last ‘op’
Detailed research into the new scheme was carried out for Shaun by Steve Atkin of Warbird Colour Services. This revealed that Blatchford’s 44-11602 was built at North American Aviation’s
Dallas plant in 1944 as a P-51K-5-NT and delivered to the RAF as Mustang IVA KH774. It is believed that basic RAF roundels and
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