I'm building Hasegawa's 1/72 P-51D Mustang. Markings are provided for Lt. Jacques E. Young's "Jumpin' Jacques" from the 3rd Air Commando Group, which fought in the Pacific for all of its existance. There's also a warbird that until recently bore the same markings as the original Jumpin' Jacques. No surprise that decal makers like to operate with an aircraft that they have actual access to, or at least have a host of full color modern photographs.
The markings include the classic Black-and-White invasion stripes, which as far as I know were exclusively used for the Normandy Invasion and immediate aftermath. But Jacques fought in the pacific and shouldn't have had them. At first I assumed that the stripes were a creative liberty by whoever put together the paint scheme for the warbird, until I found this article:
https://www.flightjournal.com/south-pacific-warrior-rare-combat-mustang/
The article has photographs from the original aircraft in 1945, and clearly shows the invasion stripes, which it refers to as "Pacific Theater Stripes". I have never heard of Pacific aircraft carrying these stripes and can find no other references to them online, but we have photographic proof that at least one mustang did.
Does anyone have any more information about this? I'm curious to get to the bottom of it.