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A P-51 Mustang (J2-Y, serial number 43-6779, "War Weary") of the 479th Fighter Group. Image via S Lester Kitts. Written on slide casing: '36779, L2:Y_, WW. Old Buckenham 4/45.'

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A P-51 Mustang (J2-Y, serial number 43-6779, "War Weary") of the 479th Fighter Group. Image via S Lester Kitts. Written on slide casing: '36779, L2:Y_, WW. Old Buckenham 4/45.' Caption incorrect - P-51B J2-Y_ 42-106779 374FS, 361FG, 8AF. Declared War Weary 16-Oct-44.

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Units

The insignia of the 361st Fighter Group.

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

374th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (J2-Y, serial number 43-6779, "War Weary") of the 479th Fighter Group. Image via S Lester Kitts. Written on slide casing: '36779, L2:Y_, WW. Old Buckenham 4/45.'

42-106779

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group

Locations

Aerial photograph of Bottisham airfield, looking east, the PSP runway runs vertically up the image, 13 April 1942. Photograph taken by No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, sortie number RAF/HLA/482. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bottisham

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

ContributorAl_Skiff

Sources

Peter Randall

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

ContributorAl_Skiff

Sources

Peter Randall

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:34:53

ContributorAAM

Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection