A 101-year-old World War II veteran has returned to the skies in the same P-51 Mustang aircraft he piloted during combat. It's very likely the last time that will ever happen

Joe Peterburs brought this historic moment to the ACV Airport in McKinleyville, Humboldt County, on Friday. 

 Pereburs enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942 and was called to active duty in 1943, earning his pilot wings and 2nd Lieutenant commission in April of 1944. At just 19 years old, he was assigned to the 55th Squadron, 20th Fighter Group at RAF Kings Cliffe, England, where he flew P-51s and completed 49 combat missions during World War II.

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