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

Arguably, the last such man is James McCubbin, a North American P-51D Mustang pilot of the Eighth ... a gaggle of 50-plus enemy aircraft at ten o'clock to us. They were at about 22,500; we were ...

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 ...

By early 1943, the Allies began "round-the-clock" bombing in Europe ... This realization gave the Mustang its place in ...

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 ...

Given the incredible success of the P-51 Mustang during the Second World War ... The listing for the aircraft indicates it only has 25 hours on the clock, but given its rarity, we can’t blame ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought ...