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The North American Aviation P-51 Mustangis an American long-range, single-seat fighterand fighter-bomberused during World War IIand the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelbergerof North American Aviation(NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission.
List of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs. This is a list of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs, including airworthy planes and planes on display. Lynn Garrison with RCAF 9281 – 44–73973, 403 Squadron, RCAF 1956. Subsequently, flown during 1969 Football War as FAS 407. Returned to America by Jerry Janes and flown as "Cottonmouth".
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]
North American A-36. The North American A-36 (company designation NA-97, listed in some sources as "Apache" or "Invader", but generally called Mustang) is the ground-attack / dive bomber version of the North American P-51 Mustang, from which it could be distinguished by the presence of rectangular, slatted dive brakes above and below the wings.
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 ...
The North American P-51 Mustang is one of the best-known escort fighters of World War II. The escort fighter was a concept for a fighter aircraft designed to escort bombers to and from their targets. An escort fighter needed range long enough to reach the target, loiter over it for the duration of the raid to defend the bombers, and return.
March 11, 1999. ''Worry Bird'' during World War II. Worry Bird is a North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang (ser. no. 44-73287) currently based at the Air Combat Museum at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. The aircraft was built in 1944 and delivered to the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) in the following year to serve ...
1953. Developed from. North American P-51 Mustang. The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engined fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the North American P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in World War II.