American Vehicles "Captured"

[FREDERIC]

Simca 5 :

 

 

Some planes behind the car perahps Mustang P51?

[M.Rimmer]

Yes the aircraft are P-51D's,probably a Ninth Air Force unit?

[deadline]

P-51B/C with the malcom hood.

 

If you look at the P-51 above the bonnet of the car you can see the fuselage at the rear is not level with the engines line.

 

A D model would look like a straight line from engine to the rudder fillet with a slight bump just to the rear of the canopy.

 

 

Here is a D model at roughly the same angle. Note the top line is almost straight.

 

Lastly, note in the original picture there is no fillet at the transition of the fuselage to the rudder. That alone is a defining characteristic of the D model.... as well as the canopy.

Edited April 30, 2011 by deadline

[antarmike]

P-51B/C with the malcom hood.

 

If you look at the P-51 above the bonnet of the car you can see the fuselage at the rear is not level with the engines line.

 

A D model would look like a straight line from engine to the rudder fillet with a slight bump just to the rear of the canopy.

 

 

Here is a D model at roughly the same angle. Note the top line is almost straight.

 

Lastly, note in the original picture there is no fillet at the transition of the fuselage to the rudder. That alone is a defining characteristic of the D model.... as well as the canopy.

 

I was gonna say that but I thought I was being picky....

[ChasSomT.]

Booze talking here, but . . . . . . . Jeeze, the detail that peeps on here know! Well done lads.

[Adrian Barrell]

Actually I would say they are P-51A or A-36 as they have 3 blade props.

 

The lack of a fin fillet is not indicative of P-51D as early ones did not have it.

[antarmike]

But of Mustang stuff here

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?10187-26th-October-1940&highlight=mustang

[deadline]

I believe the A model is correct. Good call.

 

The intake just above the spinner and the 3 bladed props.

 

SO, whats the car they are driving?

[M.Rimmer]

I stand corrected,though as Adrian says the early D models didn't have the fin fillet(P-51D-5) and I thought that is what these were.

 

Frederic do you have any info.on the source of the photo?.

[FREDERIC]

I stand corrected,though as Adrian says the early D models didn't have the fin fillet(P-51D-5) and I thought that is what these were.

 

Frederic do you have any info.on the source of the photo?.

 

 

Sorry, there is no legend behind the picture

[FREDERIC]

Hello !

 

Here several pictures of Mercedes captured :

 

 

 

 

 

[Big ray]

SO, whats the car they are driving?

 

Fiat ??????

[FREDERIC]

Fiat ??????

 

Simca 5 and Fiat Topolino it's the same model

 

Regards

 

Frédéric