Nicknamed Schwalbe (Swallow), the Messerschmitt Me 262 surpassed the performance of every other World War II fighter. Faster than the North American P-51 Mustang by 190 kilometers (120 miles) per hour ...

The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so North American simply fused two P-51s together.

Yeager flew his P-51 with the 363rd Fighter Squadron of the USAAF. He nicknamed the aircraft ‘ Glamourous Glen ’ after his then-girlfriend, and later wife, Glennis. In March 1944, on his eighth ...

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

“The story of the P-51,″ the official wartime history of the USAAF declared, “came close to representing the costliest mistake made by the Army Air Forces in World War II.” ...

The Yakovlev Yak-9 and North American P-51 Mustang are two of the most infamous fighters of the Second World War.

World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war for new modern dogfighters.

The P-82/F-82 had a maximum speed of around 460-475 mph, and a range of 1,400 to 2,500 miles depending on model and configuration.