The Spitfire Companys P-51D is painted to represent Capt. William T. Whisner’s aircraft “Moonbeam McSwine.”
In 1943, Capt. Whisner joined the 487th Fighter Squadron in England, known as “the Blue-nosed Bastards of Bodney.” Capt Whistner achieved 15 1/2 aerial victories in World War II, making him a triple Ace. He also became an Ace in the Korean War, flying the F-86 Sabre. He served two tours in Vietnam and retired in 1989.
The Name ‘Moonbeam McSwine’ comes from a Character in the Li’l Abner Comic Strip series which ran for 43 years in the US. Monbeam was an beautiful, unkempt, lazy woman who preferred the company of pigs instead of people.
The North American P-51 Mustang was a long-range, single-seat fighter aircrft used by the U.S. during World War II. It was designed and built in just 117 days for the British. Initially, it served the Royal Air Force as a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance plane, later becoming a bomber escort in raids over Germany, helping the Allies gain air superiority from early 1944. It also saw action against Japan in the Pacific.
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