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She departed from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport) for Palm Springs, on October 26, 1944, flying a North American P-51D Mustang destined for New Jersey.She never arrived at Palm Springs and due to reporting errors a search was not started until three days later.
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an ... Jeffrey L. P-51 Mustang: In Color, Photos from World ... North American P-51 Mustang. New York: Gallery Books, 1990
P-51 Mustang ©Hulton Archive / Archive Photos via Getty Images. WWII production count: 14,686. Aircraft type: Fighter. Country of origin: United States.
She was part of Class 44-18 Flight B and went on to be among the 134 women pilots who flew "Pursuit," that is faster, high powered fighters such as the P-63 Kingcobra, P-51 Mustang and P-39 Airacobra. Lee's favorite aircraft was the Mustang. [19] Lee and these others were the first women to pilot fighter aircraft for the United States military.
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With the renewed cooperation of the USAAF, a large number of operational aircraft were made available, including Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers, as well as Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, North American P-51 Mustang and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and North American T-6 Texan trainers. [9]
The all African American 332d Fighter Group originally flew 15,550 sorties as bomber escorts in the Mustang; eventually the Airmen, who were originally shunned in the white military, acquired the right to fly combat missions. In 1970, the Commemorative Air Force acquired an original P-51 to include in their educational program.
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.