North American P-51D Mustang (Early) 44-13761 / MC-I, ǃÚHappy JackǃÙs Go BuggyǃÙ, Capt. Jack M Ilfrey,
79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, US Eighth Air Force, Kings Cliffe USAAF Station 367, August 1944
With ace pilot Jack Ilfrey having been shot down over France just six days after D-Day, but luckily managing to avoid capture thanks to the efforts of the French
resistance network, he soon found himself in London being interrogated by Allied intelligence officers. It was highly unusual to allow a downed airman to resume
combat operations in the same theatre of operations following a successful repatriation, as they were at risk of both placing his helpers in danger and being shot
as a spy if brought down again. Despite this, after a short spell touring USAAF airfields to recount his experiences to fellow pilots, Ilfrey found himself back at
Kings Cliffe airfield, the commanding officer of his old squadron. The unit had recently traded their twin engined P-38 Lightnings for North American P-51D
Mustangs, with the P-38s transferring to the Nineth Air Force for use in ground support operations. With his Mustang receiving the same ǃÚHappy JackǃÙs Go
Buggyǃ٠nose artwork as his previous fighter, Ilfrey would not score any further victories flying the Mustang, but he would use it as an unlikely wartime flying taxi.
On the way home from completing an escort mission to Berlin, IlfreyǃÙs wingman was hit by flak and forced to make a hasty landing at an abandoned airstrip in
Holland. Unwilling to leave the young airman to an uncertain fate, Ilfrey landed his ǃÚGo Buggyǃ٠at the same airfield, beckoned his wingman into the cockpit and
took off again sat on his lap – he described this as an extremely uncomfortable, but memorable flight back to Kings Cliffe for the pair.
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