KITTEN

[HGabor]

Hi Folks,
15 AAF, 332nd FG, 302nd FS P-51C, S/N: 42-103950 was marked #78, nicknamed 'JANICE'.
302nd FS pilot, Charles E. McGee flew P-51C, in many pics also marked as #78, but with the different nickname of 'KITTEN'.
Leon Spears' P-51C was also nicknamed 'KITTEN', but it was 42-103905, #51 of the 301st FS which was lost on March 24, 1945 over Germany.

Was 'KITTEN' and 'JANICE' the very same P-51C (42-103950) serving two different pilots with changed nicknames, or they were two different planes (42-103905 and 42-103950), one with single marking #78 in the 302nd FS, the other one marked with #78 in the 302nd, later with #51 in the 301st Squadron?

Thanks,
Gabor