The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World War. The North American P-51 Mustang was born out of necessity and ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia ... the P-51 — built by California’s North American Aviation Co. — was initially planned as an RAF low-level tactical fighter-bomber.

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 ...

Men of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, load ammunition belts in the wing of a North American P-51 Mustang in Honington, England, in1944. (National Archives ...

Icon Sportswire via AP Images/Steven King The P-51 Mustang was developed in the early 1940s to meet the need for a long-range escort fighter. North American Aviation designed the P-51, which ...

In duels over Eastern Europe, the agile fighter scored kill after kill David Kindy - Correspondent The P-51 Mustang was the ... were manufactured by North American in World War II.

He is also responsible for the first restoration of a Twin Mustang. His next project is a 1944 North American P-51. Work on the plane already started, with the fuselage having already been rebuilt ...

Decidedly fast, deadly if given the chance, well made in its latter iterations and able to fly over long distances, the North American P-51 Mustang is one of the best aircraft in the world.

North American F-51 Mustang, 1951. (Photo Credit: United States Air Force / National Museum of the U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) One of the more obvious facts on this list is ...

Those who know aircraft history will already have noticed that Roush’s new model is named after a fighter plane, the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, as founder Jack Roush is an aviation ...

Lee Lauderback will fly the P-51 Mustang known as "Berlin Express" from the U.S. to England. James Raeder During World War II, North American P-51 Mustangs were flying en masse from the United ...