Duxford :: 1.XI.14 :: "Etta Jeanne II"...

With the unveiling last Thursday of the former Lambeth Road P-51D, "Big Beautiful Doll", in it's new scheme as P-51K 44-11631 (as flown from Duxford by the 82nd FG, 78th FG in 1944-45), it now carries the name "Etta Jeanne II", which was the mount of Lt Col Huie Lamb of the 82nd FS. Lamb, an Ace with 61 missions, was the guest of honour at the unveiling.

Now rolled back into H5, and awaiting preparation for stringing up from the inside of the AAM, I popped down to catch it in some form of normal setting before it was too late!  

Seems that the paint finish meets with the approval of a lot of people….

"Photo-report" of the event and photos of the aircraft outside can be found here…

And how it may look soon?….

Nice to see the recently repainted B-17 "Mary Alice" looking like it never had a respray…

…How long has it been back in AAM?

 

History of "Etta Jeanne II"

Serial No. 44-73979
1950: Dec 6, BOC RCAF 9246
1951: May 16, crashed, grounded RCAF, SOC
1955: instructional airframe, A-612
1960: RCAF Gate Guard
1968: Imperial War Museum, Duxford UK
1973: Display
1989: Display, London, Big Beautiful Doll
2014: October, repainted as "Etta Jeanne II" flown by Huie Lamb