When a German pilot coldly targeted defenseless American airmen parachuting from doomed bombers, Richard Peterson couldn’t stand by. In a moment of calculated fury, the P-51 Mustang ace turned the ...

Prior to the introduction of the P-51, Allied fighters could only escort bombers so far because of limited range. The slow, heavily laden aircraft were easy pickings for fast-moving German planes.

It escorted bombers from England all the way to Berlin Germany. German General Hermann Goering said that when he saw the P-51 flying over Berlin he knew the war was over. If it wasn’t for the P ...

The P-51 Mustang changed the course of World War II by escorting Allied long-range bombers farther into German-held territory than they had ever been able to fly safely. The “Dakota Kid II” is ...

Not many P-51 Mustang pilots are still around ... Anderson notched 16¼ aerial victories during two tours of combat against the German Luftwaffe in Europe. His plane "Old Crow" — nicknamed ...