Mrs. Bonnie P-51

[MikeMaben]

15 hours ago, Juggernut said:

 

I found it on the P-51 SIG Tech Forum:   The battery was relocated forward of the firewall beginning on 44-84390 (P-51D-25-NT) and 44-74227 (P-51D-30-NA). It does have to do with the installation of the SCR-695 radio set, which is the IFF radio.

Source:  North American Aviation "Weekly Service News", dated May 14, 1945, pages 8 and 9.

 

Yep, I think it may have started in the PTO field as I found this passage from the Carl Molesworth book "Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War".

 

Apparently December '44