| P-51D Mustang Old Crow Signed Series |  | Brand: Toys and Models
Category: Hobby
Buy New: $299.95
as of 2/7/2012 19:16 CST details
Seller: Amazon.com
Sales Rank: 492,558
Media: Toy
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.4
Dimensions (in): 16.2 x 18.3 x 7
MPN: AP51OCTSS
Model: AP510CTSS
UPC: 080957990357
EAN: 0080957990357
ASIN: B002DYJSOA
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Handcarved Mahogany Wood Model Airplane | | • | Handcrafted and Handpainted | | • | Comes with base stand ready to display |
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Product Description
This Old Crow P-51D scale model is personally signed and numbered and a signature plate by one of Americas greatest World War 2 pilots Col. Bud Anderson. This limited edition model of 1944 comes with a certificate of authenticity.The P-51D Mustang Old Crow was an American fighter aircraft which was most widely produced by Mustang. The P-51D was equipped with a larger canopy and an aero products propeller to replace the Hamilton Standard propeller. The Old Crow arrived in Europe in mid 1944 and quickly became the primary USAAF fighter in the theater. In the same year, 1944, Captain Clarence "Bud" Anderson returned to the 375th Fighter Group for a second combat tour. He was assigned a new P-51D Old Crow in the dark green mask. Captain Anderson was on a mission when the first drop of snow in Germany fell. Thus he noted a mixed flight of dark green and silver aluminum Mustangs below him. After his mission, he told his ground crew that the one painted the dark green stood out against the snow background and silver ones appeared to the have the best camouflage. Because of that Bud suggested to paint the Old Crow silver color the next time it was down for heavy maintenance. The next morning, Captain Anderson arrived at the station to find his P-51D Old Crow to use for his mission. To his surprise he found the Old Crow in a gleaming aluminum paint scheme ready for flight. Three members of his crew worked on it through the night scrapping, rubbing and remarking. They were all tired and their hands were raw due to the cold and solvents they used. The change made to P-51D Old Crow was dedicated to Bud Anderson and all 357th crew chief and ground support personnel who maintained the P-51 Mustang during World War II.
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