USAAF Nose Art Research Project


 

Louisiana Heat Wave
P-51D-5-NA 44-13606

359th Fighter Group, 369th Fighter Squadron



Louisiana Heat Wave

Originally assigned to Capt Claude Crenshaw this Mustang was eventually salvaged after crash landing at A-89 Le Coulet in France on 24 October 1944 whilst being flown by Capt Robert Davison.





 
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