Black Friday

A pair of two 457FS/ 506FG Mustangs on Combat Air Patrol near Iwo Jima, at some point before June the 1st, 1945, also known as the "Black Friday". P-51D "538" flown by Lt Lawrence Grennan and the "The Enchantress" flown by 2/Lt William E Saks. Both will take part at the "Black Friday" mission, with Saks getting MIA flying another Mustang (44-72885).
Lt Lawrence Grennan in 44-72552 lost sight of his wingman ( one of the missing ) and dropping down to near sea level headed home. His engine cut out 10 miles from Iwo Jima and he bailed out at 5,000 feet, boarding his inflatable dinghy in a calm sea. His position was radioed in by passing B-29s and he was soon picked up by a Navy ship. He flew again the next day on a combat Air Patrol (CAP) over Iwo. One very interesting point of his story is, as his widow reported, that Larry used the signalling mirror he used to help in his rescue as the mirror he shaved in the rest of his life!!!