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The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, ... Aircraft of World War II: Development, Weaponry, Specifications. Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell ...
The 352nd Fighter Group was a unit of the Eighth Air Force that was located in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. [1] [2] [3] The unit served as bomber escort, counter-air patrols, and attacking ground targets. It initially flew P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft before converting to P-51 Mustang in April 1944.
The 354th Fighter Group was an element of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Ninth Air Force during World War II. [1] [2] [3] The unit was known as the Pioneer Mustang Group and was the first to fly the P-51B Mustang in combat. The group served as bomber escort in the European theater of operations until D-Day, then moved to France to ...
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.
His first P-51 Mustang (P-51B-15-NA AAF Ser. No. 43-24823) and his second (P-51D-10-NA Mustang, AAF Ser. No. 44-14450 B6-S), both nicknamed Old Crow [12] (after the whiskey of the same name), carried him safely through 116 missions without being hit by fire from enemy aircraft and without Anderson ever having to turn back for any reason. [13]
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.
P-51D. 45-11526 – VH-FST "The Flying Undertaker" Wylie Aviation in Perth, Western Australia. [4] Since 2016 owned by Bishopp Aviation, Queensland. [citation needed] On display P-51D. A68-648 (44-13106) – Australian War Memorial in Canberra. [5] Under restoration CA-17 Mustang 20. A68-71 – Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin ...
Urban Leonard Drew (March 21, 1924 – April 3, 2013), known as Ben Drew, was a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces and a flying ace of World War II. He was the first and the only Allied pilot to shoot down two Luftwaffe jet-powered Me 262 aircraft in a single mission while flying a propeller-driven North American P-51 Mustang.