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An airman with a P-51C Mustang ('CL') nicknamed "Darlin' Presh" of the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command, 12th Air Force at Dijon-Longvic airfield in October 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51C-5-NT. 111th TRS (XII Tac), Dijon-Longvic A/F, October 1944.' Second handwritten on reverse: '55FG, 338FS?'
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An airman with a P-51C Mustang ('CL') nicknamed "Darlin' Presh" of the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command, 12th Air Force at Dijon-Longvic airfield in October 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51C-5-NT. 111th TRS (XII Tac), Dijon-Longvic A/F, October 1944.' Second handwritten on reverse: '55FG, 338FS?'. Confirmed S/N was 42-103199 by 111th TRS war diary. 111th received April 26 1944.

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Confirmed serial number of Darlin Presh was 42-103199. Named by William Ross Hornsby Jr. Received April 26 1944. By 111th TRS war diary. Scott Hornsby

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection