Believe It or Not by bmac62
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...This P-51B Mustang was recovered from a beet field in Little Walden, England [I know, UK:)] in 2002 where it had slept for 57 years following a crash in June 1945.
...It now flies regularly out of Paine Field, Everett, Washington about 3 miles from our house.
...My three pictures were all taken at a mid-July Fly-In in Arlington, Washington. This was before I began to figure out the mysteries of prop blur. LOL
Here's the exciting backstory of how it got into the beet field and back out.
Bill:)
"Mukilteo Sunset"
Comments (36)
DAVER2112
Hard to believe. Wonderful images and collage. :)
knupps
Great set of pictures and I loved the info you provided.
Buffalo1
Wow! What a lovely old and rare "B" model. Excellent shots and recovery story link, Bill.
durleybeachbum
That name made me laugh! I once had an impatient virgin lodging with me..I'll tell you the unlikely tale one day.
dbrv6
Stunning and what a name! Brilliant
MrsRatbag
What a beauty! Great shots!
helanker
Yeah almost unbelievable story ...and look how beautiful it is today. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Sea_Dog Online Now!
An amazing restoration job and great views of this vintage war bird. Well done, bill.
chuter
Quite the plane, even if the markings (early in the aircraft's history) don't correlate with the modifications done on the aircraft (later in the aircraft's history). nice shots.
MrsLubner
Wonderful collage and fabulous captures.
lyron
Great pictures!!
nikolais
Absolutely incredible! I can't remember any notice of a WWII aircraft restored to a flying condition in Russia. Perhaps I am not so well-informed? wonder if I could use your wonderful photos and the story at one of Russia's sites, Bill. Author's name will be preserved, of course!
jayfar
The impatient ones are the ones that get us poor lads into trouble!!! Lol. This is a fantastic montage Bill.
flavia49
splendid!!
cfulton
Fantastic, Bill! Well done - must have been a warm day, given the pilot's flying gear! Clive
RodS Online Now!
Awesome photos, Bill! And what a magnificent restoration of this Mustang! Beautiful bird!
kenmo
Awesome planes & you've captured them brilliantly...
jocko500
now that history i like to hear about. this is super
goodoleboy
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. Intriguing story to go along with these fine fotos of the storied fighter, Bill. I seem to recall a television program that featured the renovation of a Lockheed P-38 that was salvaged out of the Greenland ice.
Osper
A "B" neato!!!
Faemike55
Fantastic story and wonderful photos! Thank you very much, Bill
npauling
I'm having a chuckle over its name. It had to wait a long time to get noticed. Excellent captures.
MagikUnicorn
GORGEOUS COLLAGE MY FRIEND
bazza
Lovely shots Bill what a great restoration job that has been done on this beautiful plane..
bimm3d
great info, gorgeous photos!!
beachzz
Great fotos and super info!!
debbielove
A VERY rare 'B' model! Without looking at the site, I would guess this was an old RAF plane as they used allot of 'B' model's, as Recon aircraft.. But, hey! I could be wrong.. who cares, it looks fabulous... And its amazing what lays around fields and mountains even now in England... Top photo! Wonderful! Rob
Chipka
Oh my dear lord! What a name! I love it...I might have to steal...um, I mean appropriate that name for a spacecraft! What a story behind the plane as well! I love it when history rears its head in...beet fields of all places. And the photos themselves are quite wonderful and deliciously crisp. I love the mechanical details, the sheer aeronautical beauty--ain't planes just grand!? In short, these are three fantastic shots. This is a great triptych! Marvelous. (Impatient Virgin...hmmm...that sounds like trouble!)
tennesseecowgirl
You've got some tremendous shots of this one... Watched the movie Amelia (story of Amelia Earhart) the other night pretty good movie.. thought it would be one you would enjoy if you haven't already seen it. Happy Friday!!
jendellas
I agree with Andrea, the name made me chuckle, lovely captures!!!!