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Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Constructors Number unknown (five digits unknown). Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-51D Mustang serial number 44-????? (last five digits unknown). Mission History During 1945, this Mustang crashed on Chi Chi Jima. This Mustang is possibly one of at least three P-51D Mustangs from the 7th Air Force (7th AF), 21st Fighter Group (21st FG) lost over Chi Chi Jima associated with a MIA (Missing In Action) pilots: P-51D 44-63957 MIA May 10, 1945 or P-51D 44-63458 MIA June 2, 1945, or P-51D "Ramblin' Rebel" 44-63986 MIA June 3, 1945. Wreckage In 1992 the outer wing with U.S. Star remained in situ on Chi Chi Jima. Dan King adds: "The local guy who guided me said they couldn't find the cockpit half of the plane or the other wing yet. I only took two photos of it back in April '92. There is yellow paint (not primer) clearly visible on a big piece of the wreckage. I didn't find machine guns or propeller blades at the site. The engine and prop hub was still there so I think locals took the props as souvenirs to put in front of their homes, possibly. I didn't see a single trace of the cockpit or the other wing. I did bring a small piece of aluminum pipe back with me, some kind of aluminum pipe. There is a set of numbers on the pipe 104-46860 [P-51 Mustang Part Number Prefix]. I pulled this pipe out of the mud and earth it was jammed into at the crash site. There is a grey, black, grey band painted around the pipe." Memorials Some Japanese citizens had built a tiny little concrete monument about 6" x 8" tall marked "P-51 search team" (in Japanese) craved into a hole in the hillside. References Historical Consulting / Chi Chi Jima P-51 Mustang via Wayback Machine August 15, 2016 Thanks to Dan King for additional information Contribute
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