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Title: Checkered Flag - Cowden Ward and P51 Pecos Bill
Post by: Rickmustang on November 28, 2018, 06:09:26 PM
Cowden was a friend to veterans and SAAC members with his P51 Mustang. He "lent" me his plane for 2 hours to photograph it with our cars. God speed, Cowden

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/wwii-pilot-killed-in-texas-p-51d-mustang-crash-identified-1.557251


Title: Re: Checkered Flag - Cowden Ward and P51 Pecos Bill
Post by: BGlover67 on November 28, 2018, 06:15:23 PM
So sorry to hear this (I didn't know the man), but at least you can say he went out doing what he obviously loved.  Has anyone ever thought that dying during a drive in your classic Shelby would sure beat the alternative like how Elvis cashed out?
Title: Re: Checkered Flag - Cowden Ward and P51 Pecos Bill
Post by: KR500 on November 28, 2018, 07:55:40 PM
Quote from: Rickmustang on November 28, 2018, 06:09:26 PM
Cowden was a friend to veterans and SAAC members with his P51 Mustang. He "lent" me his plane for 2 hours to photograph it with our cars. God speed, Cowden

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/wwii-pilot-killed-in-texas-p-51d-mustang-crash-identified-1.557251
Sorry to here this. My wife and I were in Fredricksburg TX. that very day. We didn't know anything about a plane crash though. We left town about 25 min. after the time of the crash.
Rodney
Title: Re: Checkered Flag - Cowden Ward and P51 Pecos Bill
Post by: Shelby_r_b on November 29, 2018, 12:05:15 AM
Geez. Fredericksburg is about an hour north of where I live. I've been there many times. There's a pretty good sized car show there each summer that draws a lot of early Shelbys.

God's speed indeed.