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P51 Mustang III FB149

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This P51 Mustang III belonged to the "129th Squadron Mysore" of the Royal Air Force.
The "FB149" registration on the rear of the aircraft corresponds to the plane of a 21-year-old English pilot who took up his duties as warrant officer in May 1944, William Edgar Rigby.

On June 14, 1944 during a dogfight, the young pilot lost his life when he crashed at Saint-Hymer near the "Croix Poulain".
In tribute to William Edgar Rigby and all those heroes who fought in the name of LIBERTY.

<★ P/O William Edgar Rigby. Pilote, 21, deceased, rests in the Saint-Hymer cemetery

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