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Flightcraft 19 – P-51 Mustang

AUTHOR – Robert Jackson & Lynn Ritger

PUBLISHER – Pen & Sword

FORMAT – Softback

PAGES – 96

PUBLISHED – 2020

ISBN – 978 1526759 90 0

 

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Category: Product ID: 7349

Description

The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the most successful and effective fighter aircraft of all time. It was initially produced in response to a 1940 RAF requirement for a fast, heavily-armed fighter able to operate effectively at altitudes in excess of 20,000ft. North America built the prototype in 117 days, and the aircraft, designated NA-73X, flew on 26 October 1940. The first of 320 production Mustang Is for the RAF flew on 1 May 1941, powered by a 1,100hp Allison V-1710-39 engine. RAF test pilots soon found that with this powerplant the aircraft did not perform well at high altitude, but that its low-level performance was excellent.  During the last eighteen months of the war in Europe, escorting bomber formations, it hounded the Luftwaffe to destruction in the very heart of Germany. In the Pacific, operating from advance bases, it ranged over the Japanese Home Islands, joining carrier-borne fighters such as the Grumman Hellcat to bring the Allies massive air superiority.  As well as a detailed history, this book includes colour profiles and descriptions of some of the scale models in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32.

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