Allison Engined P-51 with 20-mm cannon

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Hello all, I have a question about the P-51… like before the A model. Just the P-51 specifically the 20mm cannon equipped version. All the sites I use for reference, mainly the Baugher site, say that most P-51’s went to Sicily, North Africa and Italy and that most P-51A’s went to the China Burma India theater.

So my question is does anyone know for certain whether any P-51’s with 20mm cannon were in the CBI?

If so do you have any sites or pictures of this aircraft. Im really wanting to build one of Accurate Miniatures P-51 with 20mm cannons, but I always want to build from the Pacific area… mainly because thats where my Granddad fought… I just want to build an aircraft that he might have seen!

Anyway thanks for your time and help.

David

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Looked in my references, but all the pictures are in Tunisia, Italy and Alaska. No mention of CBI theatre.

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Sorry David,
The only cannon armed versions I have ever seen were in the Med. Here are a couple of good sites.
http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51.shtml
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1999/11/stuff_eng_p51early.htm
http://www.flightjournal.com/plane_profiles/p-51_mustang/drawing_p-51a_mustang_II.asp
http://www.flightjournal.com/plane_profiles/p-51_mustang/drawing_p-51_mustang_1a.asp
A nice alternative for the CBI is one of the planes from the 1st Air Commando that had the 5 white diagonal stripes on the fuselage. That would be one your Grandad would probably remember.