P-51D Live Bait Graphics Set Scale:1/12

P-51D Live Bait Graphics Set Scale:1/12"Live Bait", '44 63668' 'GQ I', 355th FS, 354th FG. Clayton Gross managed to score 8. 5 kills in his P 51 Mustang and was one of the first pilots to shoot down a Messerschmitt Me 262. His Mustang with the nickname Live Bait came from a mission where his wingmen told him to fly low and visible to draw out enemies while the rest of them remained high in the clouds. Gross was reunited with his plane 65 years later.

it was put back into combat and continued flying missions until the end

Uncle Sam sent him to the Philippines where he flew P-51 Mustangs

Photo by Tony Quist

Recognizing the potential of the aircraft

Boeing B-17G-25-BO Flying Fortress 42-31678 “Little Patches” in Flight of 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Wormingford

it passed on to Romulus Field

January 11

June 1969-1972

Staffelkapitan 8

Its Army Air Corps serial number was 45-11391

This overall Yellow Bearcat was the solo performer for the Blue Angels and carried the name 'Beetle Bomb' on the cowl