South Pacific Warrior – A rare combat Mustang

Peter Teichman pulls in close to the cameraship in his Mustang, painted as “Jumpin’ Jacques.” Teichman’s Mustang, his first acquisition for the North Weald, England-based Hangar 11 Collection, is unique as it is one of only a few Mustangs with combat history. It still carries the field repairs from battle scars she received while flying with the 332nd Fighter Group. (Photo by John Dibbs/facebook.com/theplanepicture)

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“We’d fly over the target, level, and the target would go under the wing. We’d be slowing down, and slowing down, pull up, and just do a wing over. Slightly beyond the target, pull over, and then come straight down. We had a gun sight, but [we’d] just line the target up on the seam of the cowling. We’d drop on straight down and pull out, and either hit the deck or pop up again...

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