P-51D-10 44-14626 - Lt. Col. Edward O McComas, CO of the 118th TRS/23rd FG, Luliang, China, 1945 Ace in a day Ed McComas claimed all of his 14 victories flying the P-51C between October and December 1944. This particular aircraft was the second, and last, P-51D issued to him in China in early January 1945, and he returned to the USA tour-expired later that same month.