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A P-51 Mustang aircraft (HL-A) serial number 44-63216, named "Anne Nihilator". Handwritten on slide casing:"Anne Nihilator Mason Barnard"
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A P-51 Mustang aircraft (HL-A) serial number 44-63216, named "Anne Nihilator". Handwritten on slide casing:"Anne Nihilator Mason Barnard"

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-M, serial number 42-30298) nicknamed "Ragin' Red II" of the 379th Bomb Group at Duxford, 1944. Image via Mason Barnard, 78th Fighter Group, Written on slide casing: 'Ragin' Red II FR:M at Duxford 44.'

Mason Barnard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang aircraft (HL-A, serial number 44-63216), named "Anne Nihilator". Colonel John Landers, Commanding Officer of the 78th Fighter Group - based at Duxford is in the cockpit. This photograph was taken in early 1945; subsequent to this Mustang being reallocated from Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert E. Olin. Handwritten on slide casing:"HL-A Mason Barnard"

44-63216

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Anne Nihilator
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection