{"id":8676516,"date":"2026-08-02T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=8676516"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:49:59","slug":"p-51b-shillelagh-mustang-flies-again-oshkosh-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/p-51b-shillelagh-mustang-flies-again-oshkosh-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rare P-51 Mustang Flies Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>In August 1944, a young Minnesotan named Ken Dahlberg shot down three German aircraft in a single swirling dogfight, took a bullet through his oil system, and bailed out into the clouds over occupied France. Sheltered by the Resistance and &mdash; by one account &mdash; disguised as a woman, he cycled some 40 miles to Allied lines and rejoined his squadron eleven days later. The fighter he had been flying was a P-51B Mustang called Shillelagh.<\/p>\r\n<p>Eighty-two years on, that very aircraft is flying again. In July 2026, freshly and painstakingly restored, Shillelagh climbed back into the sky and made its public debut before the crowds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#333\">Quick Facts<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\">\r\n<li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> North American P-51B Mustang &ldquo;Shillelagh,&rdquo; serial 42-106602<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Unit:<\/strong> 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Wartime record:<\/strong> 95 combat missions in 1944, flown by 19 pilots<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Famous moment:<\/strong> triple ace Ken Dahlberg downed three, then bailed out, 16 Aug 1944<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Restorer:<\/strong> AirCorps Aviation, Bemidji, Minnesota<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Owner:<\/strong> Dakota Territory Air Museum<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Back in the air:<\/strong> first post-restoration flight 18 July 2026; Oshkosh debut the next day<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The wooden club with a Merlin<\/h2>\r\n<p>Shillelagh &mdash; named after the traditional Irish fighting club &mdash; is a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-51-mustang\/\">P-51 Mustang<\/a> of the early razorback type, serial 42-106602. It served with the 353rd Fighter Squadron of the 354th Fighter Group, the celebrated &ldquo;Pioneer Mustang Group,&rdquo; and over four months in 1944 it flew 95 combat missions in the hands of 19 different pilots: bomber escorts to Berlin, dive-bombing runs, fighter sweeps, and patrols over the Normandy beaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2079271877579620655&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The beautifully restored North American P-51B Mustang Shillelagh has successfully returned to the skies following its first post-restoration test flight by Warren Pietsch on July 18.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Vintage Aviation News<\/strong> &mdash; July 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Three kills, then a bicycle<\/h2>\r\n<p>The aircraft&rsquo;s most dramatic day came on 16 August 1944. Twenty-four Mustangs of the 354th tangled with a swarm of some 80 German aircraft, and in the melee Ken Dahlberg &mdash; already a triple ace &mdash; shot down three. Then his Shillelagh took a hit, its oil pressure fell away, and he bailed out over France. What followed reads like a film: hidden by the French Resistance, he made his way back to friendly lines and was flying with his squadron again by the end of the month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1460674093  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/ken-dahlberg-354th-fighter-group-ace.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Dahlberg, 354th Fighter Group ace\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Ken Dahlberg of the 354th Fighter Group, who was flying Shillelagh when he downed three enemy aircraft and bailed out over France in August 1944. Photo: DPLA \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJtur61lClo\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Rebuilt with the real thing<\/h2>\r\n<p>The restoration, carried out by AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota for the Dakota Territory Air Museum, is remarkable for how much of it is genuinely original. The team wove in an extraordinary quantity of new-old-stock North American Aviation parts &mdash; components built during the war and never fitted &mdash; and finished the aircraft in the black-and-white invasion stripes it wore over Normandy, around a freshly overhauled Packard-built Merlin engine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=609902020  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/p-51b-mustang-georgia-peach-354th-era.jpg\" alt=\"A wartime P-51B Mustang in European Theatre markings\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A period P-51B Mustang in European Theatre markings, the same razorback model as Shillelagh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;An opportunity to reconnect with history by incorporating an extraordinary collection of original North American Aviation components into a flying memorial honoring the men of the 354th Fighter Group.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>AirCorps Aviation<\/strong> &mdash; on the Shillelagh restoration<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Home at Oshkosh<\/h2>\r\n<p>On 18 July 2026, test pilot Warren Pietsch lifted Shillelagh off the runway at Bemidji for its first flight since the war-era airframe was rebuilt. The very next day it flew in to Oshkosh, where it stood in the warbird area as exactly what its restorers intended: a flying memorial to the men who took it to war.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HqRkrtcKV8k\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Fewer than a handful of airworthy razorback P-51B Mustangs exist anywhere in the world. That one of them is Ken Dahlberg&rsquo;s Shillelagh &mdash; the fighter he rode into a three-kill fight and bailed out of &mdash; makes its return to the sky feel less like a restoration and more like a resurrection.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px;margin-top:24px\">Sources: Vintage Aviation News; AirCorps Aviation; Dakota Territory Air Museum; avgeekery; MustangsMustangs.com.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2026-record-attendance-734000\/\">Oshkosh Just Broke Its All-Time Record<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/b-24-diamond-lil-returns-to-the-sky-after-two-years\/\">B-24 Diamond Lil Returns to the Sky After Two Years<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 1944, a young Minnesotan named Ken Dahlberg shot down three German aircraft in a single swirling dogfight, took a bullet through his oil system, and bailed out into the clouds over occupied France. 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