A ground crew member adjusting guns aboard a B-29 bomber "Shady Lady"

"Shady Lady"

A brand new, sleek, Lockheed P-80A-I-LO "Shooting Star"1944 stateside.

P-80A-I-LO

376th  Squadron P-51B "Jane", 42-106864, E9:B ended up in a beet field after a crash on take-off from the 390th Bomb Group base at Framlingham on 21 June 1944. While the assigned pilot, Lt. Will T. Butts Jr. escaped injury and completed his tour credited with three aerial victories, the Mustang was subsequently repaired and later served with the 486th Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group at Bodney, coded PZ:F.