In 1944, the skies over Europe were a deadly chessboard. Richard Peterson, part of the 357th Fighter Group, faced off against ...

OSHKOSH - They were nicknamed after a fast horse and in a way, that's exactly what the P-51 Mustangs were. Designed to escort bombers in the skies over Europe, Mustangs and their daredevil pilots ...

Arguably, the last such man is James McCubbin, a North American P-51D Mustang pilot of the Eighth Air Force who is currently under consideration - at 103 years old. How a WWII ace became the ...

Mustang pilots were up to the challenge: they destroyed nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft in World War II. The P-51 (cockpit above) was used in all major theaters of the war including long-range high ...

A one-of-a-kind airplane made a special flight to Indiana County this week. The American P-51 Mustang, nicknamed “Thunderbird ...

The P-51’s durability and firepower, with six .50 caliber machine guns, made it a formidable opponent. -Mustang pilots shot down nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft, with over 250 achieving ace status.

Other famous aviators linked with the P-51 include the Tuskegee Airmen-the first African American fighter pilots-and the legendary Chuck Yaeger. The final production Mustang was the P-51H ...

"It's agile, to me, it's easy to fly." Just like a World War II-era P-51 Mustang, the veteran pilot from the 14th Air Force is easy to talk to his ammunition. Quick wit. "Don't you have better ...

significantly outperforms the Mustang in terms of performance. Like later variants of the P-51, however, one of its attributes most favored by pilots is its bubble canopy, ensuring excellent ...

Ocala aviator and movie stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward recently made an easy transition from the big screen to a magazine cover and centerfold. The developer of Leeward Air Ranch and his P-51 Mustang ...

The enemy pilot bailed out ... load ammunition belts in the wing of a North American P-51 Mustang in Honington, England, in1944. (National Archives) In any case, by the end of December ...