P-51 Mustang - RAF Service While the P-51 Mustang would go down in history as arguably the best operational piston-engined fighter ever built, and was able to provide long-range escort to U.S ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

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 Mustang’s influence extended beyond World ... The NAA promised they could produce a superior fighter to the British P-40 Warhawk—and in less time. These were the halcyon days of ...

The resulting plane, of which only 272 were built, ultimately set the world record for longest nonstop flight of a propeller-driven fighter ... P-51 parts ended up being intended for the Twin ...

where he learned about a promising new American fighter produced solely for the British — the P-51 Mustang. A P-51 Mustang sits on the flight line during the 2017 Heritage Flight Training and ...