P-51D Flying Dutchman Graphics Set Scale:1/4

P-51D Flying Dutchman Graphics Set Scale:1/4USAAF sn 44 14777 P 51 Mustang, 8AF, 31FG, 308FS, Pilot Robert J. Goebel. Goebel enlisted on April 4, 1942 as an aviation cadet. Goebel graduated flight training, earning his wings and second lieutenant commission in May 1943. His first assignment, defense of the Panama Canal, would last a scant five months. He flew the Curtiss P 40 Warhawk and Bell P 39 Airacobra while gaining invaluable fighter pilot experience. Robert shared his World War II combat

He was shot down when he flew this aircraft on September 19th

a Spitfire near Armentieres

He lived in Ocala Florida where he was a real estate developer

Wormingford

the time after his 307th victory

There are two Japanese kill marks and nine German ones

- Registered as N64CL

The markings include 84 bomb marks

"Baby Duck"

the veteran B17 rarely missed a mission and finished out hostilities with a total of 83 mission markers painted on the nose above the artwork

November 12

Joined 335th FS 8/10/44