HiRes P51D-10-NA Mustang "Hell-er-Bust" s/n 44-14696
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History of "Hell-er-Bust" and it's pilot Capt.Edwin L.Heller:

P51D-10-NA "PZ-H/Bar" of the 352nd.F.G, 486th.F.S. Bodney, England (Circa:April,1945)
Capt.Edwin L.Heller born December 5th, 1918 Philadelphia joined the 352nd.FG in the fall of 1943.
His first operational career started at the controls of P-47D-10 and then two Mustangs.
He is credited with being the leading ground strafing ace of the 352nd.FG. with a total
of 16.5 kills. He was also successful in aerial combats scoring 5.5 victories.
A veteran of 520 combat hours in the ETO during the course of two tours.
On April 24th.1944 flying P51-B Mustang then Lt.Heller was credited with the destruction
of 6-Me110, 1-unidentified E/A on the ground plus 5 other Me110 as damaged 
while strafing Crailsheim-Bokingen airfield. For this action Heller was awarded 
the Distinquished Service Cross. One year later on 16th April 1945, flying this aircraft
P51-D 44-14696, now Capt.Heller is again credited with the destruction of a further
3-Fw109s, 2-Ju87s, 1-Me109 and an unidentified trainer while strafing the German airbase Ganacker. 
As with the previous mission Heller was awarded the Silver Star. 
P51-D 44-14696 was issued to Heller in November 1944. He added 1 aerial and 7 strafing kills 
to his tally with this Mustang in only two actions. By the end of the WW2 Heller
had the rank of Major and was decorated with DSC, Silver Star, DFC plus 5 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Air Medal plus 14 OLCs ETO with 6 stars, Croix de Guerre with Etoile d'Argent and
Purple Heart (Korean Conflict).
Serving in the USAF post-war, he saw further combat in Korea, where he shot down 3-Mig15s
before being downed himself and spent the rest of the Korean Conflict in captivity.
  
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General Historical notes of the 352nd.FG and Mustang "Hell-er-Bust" s/n 44-14696:

The 6-50cal.gunned Mustangs with the new 'K-14' Gyroscopic sights began arriving at frontline squadrons
in late June 1944. Capt.Heller recieved his P51D in November of 1944 which he continued to fly
until the end of operations in May of 1945.
The 352nd.FG, 'The Bluenose Bastards of Bodney' were assigned to station #141 Bodney A/F, Norfolk
from July 1943 to November 1945. During this time the 325nd. paricipated in the following Campaigns:
Air Offensive-Europe, Normandy "D-Day", Northern France "Market Garden", Rhineland Offensive "USSR Shuttle Mission",
Ardennes-Alsace "Battle of the Bulge" and Central Europe.  
Between 9th.September 1943 and May 3rd.1945 the 352nd.FG flew 420 combat missions and destroyed 792.5 aircraft,
505.5 of which were shot down in aerial combat. Twenty-eight pilots qualified as Aces in aerial combat and
when using the war-time Eighth Air Force scoring system, which gave full credit for strafing kills, 
the Group's Ace list almost doubled to 52. During this long campaign, the 352nd. lost 70 pilots and 118 aircraft.
It's pilots recieved the collective total of 13 DSCs, 31 Silver Star Medals, 336 DFCs, 1304 Air Medals
and 42 Bronze Star Medals.

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Skinner's Notes:

This skin was developed from documentation and coloured profiles
found in the following researched publcations:
-Osprey Aviation Elite #8- 352nd.Fighter Group by Thomas Glivie
-Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #51 Special- 
 'Down to Earth' Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force by William N Hess
-Battle Colours Insignia & Aircraft Markings of the Eighth Air Force in WW2
 Volume II: (VIII) Fighter Command by Robert A Watkins

Skin was created David"Skylark" 
for both Emil's ETO 42-45 and Emil's 8th & 9thTAF 43-45 Campaigns

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Modder's Notes: 

This skin folder contains a batch file, for converting tpc to pcx 
for those who want to try their hand at skinning. Simply place this file and the accompaning file, 
gpmTpc2Pcx.exe, in your folder containing the tpc files and execute. 
This batch file is courtesy of John "Chompy" Masters who also created the 3d model. Much thanks to you John!


USE.
Simply extract all the files into your EAW folder, or install into your skin manager program 
as it's instructions reccomend. To uninstall, just delete the files listed below.

The new High res 3dz set for the P-51 B is based on the same 3dz's from the P-51 D, 
with a few changes to get the look right.
1.  Wide view armour added
2.  "Deflection" type gunsight/instrument panel
3.  High res wingview added.

The new 'Damaged Torn Off Wings' (TOW) and 'roughly torn off' wing stub have been added 
to the aircraft to give more realistic looking damgage FX. 

(Note: Due to time constraints, I have not updated the pcx files to match these damage pcx files 
created by Chompy. If you wish them to match the current scheme, the pcx files are made available for your use.)

The only changes to the main file set (when compared to the D's files) 
are the inclusion of separate TOW damage PCX's.  
The Complete file list and their uses are as follows-

PP51bA.3dz = 3dz file for the Left rear fuselage and tail
Pp51bB.3dz = 3dz file for the Right rear fuselage and tail.
Pp51bC.3dz = 3dz file for the Cockpit area.
Pp51bE.3dz = 3dz file for the Right wing.
Pp51bF.3dz = 3dz file for the Front fuselage, left and right
Pp51bG.3dz = 3dz file for the Left wing.
Pp51bH.3dz = 3dz file for the Gunst type transparent shadow.
Pp51bL.3dz = 3dz file for the Left Torn Off Wing (TOW).
Pp51bM.3dz = 3dz file for the Medium Distance Model (MDM).
Pp51bP.3dz = 3dz file for the Propellor.
Pp51bR.3dz = 3dz file for the Right Torn Off Wing (TOW).
Pp51bS.3dz = 3dz file for the Long Distance Model (LDM).
Pp51bU.3dz = 3dz file for the High res Wingview.
Pp51bV.3dz = 3dz file for the Cockpit - left side.
Pp51bW.3dz = 3dz file for the Cockpit - right side.
Pp51bY.3dz = 3dz file for the in cockpit view of the prop.
Pp51bZ.3dz = 3dz file for the Gunsight and seat.

Pp51bFRT.pcx = file for the FRonT fuselage L and R (F.3dz)
Pp51bLEX.pcx = file for the Left wing (G.3dz)
Pp51bLTW.pcx = file for the Left Torn off Wing (L.3dz)
Pp51bMEX.pcx = file for the MDM and LDM (M and S.3dz)
Pp51bREX.pcx = file for the Right wing (E.3dz)
Pp51bRTW.pcx = file for the Right Torn off Wing (R.3dz)
Pp51bTEX.pcx = file for the cockpit, shadow, prop and cockpit prop (C,H,P and Y.3dz's)
Pp51bTLL.pcx = file for the TaiL Left and rear fuselage (A.3dz)
Pp51bTLR.pcx = file for the Tail Right and rear fuselage (B.3dz)
Pp51bTRA.pcx = transparency file for the TEX file
Pp51bV.pcx   = file for the cockpit (V and W.3dz's)
Pp51bVTR.pcx = Transparency file for the cockpit (clear glass gunsight mod)
Pp51bWNG.pcx = file for the High res wingview (U.3dz)
Pp51bX.pcx   = file for the cockpit guages (X.3dz) 

The X.3dz (guages) is not included.  It's the only file I haven't altered!!

As always, there are still a few rendering issues that I have been unable to solve.  
This 3dz is optimized for D3D, but if there is demand, I can work on a separate Glide 3dz.

Thanks to All who helped with the original P-51D HR model, 
Salty for the great textures which make up the base skin and the MEX, for the aircraft/pilot info 
at the top of the page, and for great construction and skinning detail help. 
Mr J for his Malcolm hood version of the B (the C.3dz uses this) and for his transparency ideas on non-TEX files,
JWC for the wide view armour idea,
Peregrine for the Deflection gunsight idea.
Migge for the cockpit and guage textures
Sorry, thanks and S! to anyone I forgot.

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Note: Skinner's Remarks
Although my part of this project was to create the skin of "Hell-er-Bust".
I was able to use the original pcx. files from Jeff"Salty"Salter's 
Sandbagger Host Site
      
http://eawhostsite.0catch.com/salty.html        

"Hell-er-Bust" would not have been possible if it weren't for the brilliant creative efforts of; 
John "Chompy" Masters for creating the original HiRes P-51D model....
Jeff"Salty"Salter for the great textures which make up the base skin and the MEX file.... 
JWC for the wide view armour idea....
Peregrine for the Adjusted Reticules K-14 gunsight....
Migge for the cockpit and guage textures....
Working Flaps were created by Ray'Rotton'Otton....
Reworking of the 3D model again by Ray'Rotton'Otton....

My thanks to them all....

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Fly her well....and enjoy

Cheers mates
David"Skylark"Phillips


