NAA P-51B Mustang, 1/72 Academy
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P-51B-7-NA s/n 43-7040, in 1/72 scale.
The original 43-7040 was built in 1943 at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California. She was given the code E9-Y, assigned to the 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, of the 8th Air Force and operated out of Southern England primarily on long range escort missions for USAAF bombing missions. She was painted with invasion stripes just prior to the invasion of Normandy and flew in support of the allied advance through France and Belgium. Never having been given a name or any nose art, she was likely a rotating spare for the squadron's pilots, something of an unsung, unadorned hero.
After over a year of service 040 was declared "War Weary" and transferred to the 434th FS. With her invasion stripes removed, and re-coded L2-3, she was used as a "squadron hack", for training and other non-combat flights while she awaited the end of the war, and her final trip to the scrap yard.
My version is Academy's 1/72 P-51B. Built mostly from the box, with the addition of Eduard seatbelts. Used a combination of kit and various other decal sets to complete the markings. Total build time about a week.
