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Re: P51c HSoZ, 260 Sqn, RAF serial?
Kari
Those Mustangs were P-51Cs. Early Mk IIIs were P-51Bs, FX/FZ/someFB while some FB/HB/KH were P-51Cs. There were some differnces, eg. P-51Cs had fuselafe tanks, while P-51Bs not, and they were not retrofitted to the latter.
A ditched Mustang, even most likely recovered, was a write off. Repairs would require dismantling the whole aircraft, and structural repairs, and there was no need nor time to do it. Most likely useable parts were salvaged and the rest dumped.
Erroneous serials could appear in ORBs for a long time, not uncommon. So either KH609 was lost in ditching, or it was another aircraft as yet unidentified.
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