Duxford Mustang rolled out in veteran's colours

摘要

On an unseasonably warm morning at IWM Duxford on October 30, 90-year-old USAAF veteran Lt Col Huie H Lamb climbed into the cockpit of North American P-51 Mustang Etta Jeanne Ⅱ for the first time since 1945. The fighter, actually 44-73979 and formerly painted as P-51D Big Beautiful Doll, has been given new colours to accurately represent the P-51K (44-11631) flown by Huie with the 82nd Fighter Sguadron, 78th Fighter Group, from Duxford. This fighter, like its short-lived predecessor Etta Jeanne, was named after Huie's younger sister. Huie had to ditch his first Mustang in the North Sea on December 29,1944, during his debut mission flying the type, and subsequently had 44-11631 painted as Etta Jeanne Ⅱ.