Lieutenant Colonel Landers flew many airframes in his career, one of the most widely depicted of his aircraft is a North American P-51D. With the black and white checkerboard markings of the 78th Fighter Group proudly emblazoned on its nose, the all black rudder of the 84th Fighter Squadron and red highlighting around the squadron codes WZ-I, Big Beautiful Doll” was a fine and no doubt a comforting sight to the bomber crews risking their lives over the skies of Europe.