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Caption | US Army African-American Staff Sergeant William Accoo, crew chief of a P-51 Mustang aircraft, washed the aircraft he was in charge of, Italy, circa Sep 1944 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | |||||
Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||
Identification Code | 208-AA-46BB-30 | |||||
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Photo Size | 1,079 x 1,424 pixels | |||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | |||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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TREAT HER LIKE A LADY:
With a natural metal finish many pilots kept
the fighter clean, some even put a coat of wax, to add a couple of knots of speed and in a dogfight every bit of speed helps.
Aircraft is a North American P-5B/C Mustang and was the prime variant used from Dec.1943 to Mar.1944 until the P-51D arrived in Europe
but remained in combat, until the end of the war May 1945.