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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European Theater. The North American P-51 Mustang may well be the most iconic U ...

The P-51’s durability and firepower ... but it actually resembled the German’s own Messerschmitt Bf 109, which caused some often fatal confusion. While that gave the RAF pilots an advantage ...