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North American F-82 Twin Mustang Piper PA-48 Enforcer. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in ...
P-51/Mustang Mk IA (NA-91) A North American Mustang Mk IA on a test flight from NAA's Inglewood facility in October 1942. The painted-over serial number appears to be 41-37416. North American XP-51. The first American order for 150 P-51s, designated NA-91 by North American, was placed by the US Army on 7 July 1940. [5]
A Vietnam War -era P-38 can opener, with a U.S. penny shown for size comparison. The P-38 (larger variant known as the P-51) is a small can opener that was issued with canned United States military rations from its introduction in 1942 to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. [1] Originally designed for and distributed in the K-ration ...
The Red Tail Squadron, part of the non-profit Commemorative Air Force (CAF), known as the Red Tail Project until June 2011, maintains and flies a World War II era North American P-51C Mustang. The twice-restored aircraft flies to create interest in the history and accomplishments of the members of the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, also ...
Other work. Manager of the McDonnell Aircraft Company's Flight Test Facility at Edwards AFB (1972–1998) Clarence Emil " Bud " Anderson (January 13, 1922 – May 17, 2024) was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron.
This model was later produced by Packard as the V-1650-3 and became known as the "high altitude" Merlin destined for the P-51, the first two-stage Merlin-Mustang conversion flying with a Merlin 61 [5] as the Mustang X in October 1942, the production V-1650-3 engined P-51B (Mustang III) entering service in 1943. The two-speed, two-stage ...
A surplus P-51, piloted by test pilot R. S. Carter, exploded in flight over Newark, California. [34] 20 June 1948 A North American F-51D-20-NA, 44-63700, [27] piloted by 2nd Lt. Richard Ambrose, crashed at Gray Field, Fort Lewis, Washington after a formation flight over Gov. Mon C. Wallgren's reviewing stand during a Governor's Day review ...
Air Medal (30) John James Voll (May 3, 1922 – September 12, 1987) was an American career officer in the United States Air Force and a World War II flying ace. He flew P-51 Mustangs with the 308th Fighter Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group. He was the third highest scoring P-51 Mustang ace of the war, and the top USAAF ace of the Mediterranean ...