The Don Englebreston Collection

P-51 Mustang Nose Art and Propeller Detail with Ground Crew Volunteer, Air Show, June 2014

P-51 Mustang Nose Art and Propeller Detail with Ground Crew Volunteer, Air Show, June 2014

Volunteer ground crew keep a restored P-51 Mustang gleaming between flights at an air show. The aircraft's distinctive nose art - a goggled bird carrying a book - and red spinner reflect the personalized markings pilots and crews used to identify their aircraft, a tradition that continues today among warbird owners and museums preserving WWII aviation heritage. Project: 219310