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Listen: The Folk ProgramP-51 Mustang fire being extinguished at Sarasota Army Air Base.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
Michael Drake collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Aviation, Military
World War II
WWII
Sabotage
World War, 1939-1945
Aeronautics, Military
Military bases--Florida--Sarasota County
Air bases--Florida--Sarasota County
Firefighting
Fire streams
Government aircraft
Airplanes, Military
North American airplanes (Military aircraft)
Mustang (Fighter planes)
Aircraft accidents
Firefighters--Florida--Sarasota County
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "Personnel from Sarasota Army Air Field hose down a P-51 Mustang that was returned to base after catching fire while in flight. Base officials had directed the pilot to head for Sarasota Bay and ditch the aircraft, but the pilot insisted on returning the plane to base. Upon landing, the pilot jumped from the moving, flaming plane while base personnel extinguished the fire. Upon investigating the aircraft, North American Aviation technical representative Sherman Studer determined that one of the plane's fuel pumps had been sabotaged. According to Studer's recollections, the installing mechanic was later arrested, and he confessed to sabotaging this and 18 other P-51 Mustangs."
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