I saw a picture of a mustang at the Reno air races, with a painting of a boxing kangaroo on the gear-door. This was surely the same P-51 that Tony recovered.
That would be the one, it carried the incorrect serial number of A68-1001, probably still does.
warbirdregistry.org - A Warbirds Resource Group Site - North American P-51 Mustang
(I wish I had had a camera to take a picture of the Merlin - it was so bent that fuel was running like a tap from the ruptured wings, and the props had bent forward........then there was the bent gear, and cracked wheels, and corrugated skin, and......!!) Today 08:00
Yep, it was pretty well f*&^@d, wonder what became of it.
Then there was the legend of the 'secret underground bunker' somewhere near Woomera or Alice full of old warbirds as a strategic reserve which was the supposed base of the 'SA phantom' , this was told by a guy in the Parafield flying club who was very p**sed and got a bit upset when there was a chorus of "bull**it" by the listeners.
I bet I know who that was, mushroom farm refueller Mr E
I think I might have been there that night.