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North American F-82 Twin Mustang. Piper PA-48 Enforcer. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA ...
1 June 1985. (1985-07) (aged 85) Oceanside, California, US. Occupation (s) Designer, North American Aviation. Northrop. Edgar O. "Ed" Schmued (Schmüd; 1899–1985) was an Austrian / German-American aircraft designer, famed for his design of the iconic North American P-51 Mustang and, later, the F-86 Sabre while at North American Aviation.
North American P-51 Mustang variants. Appearance. Two P-51B/C Mustangs flying with two P-51D/K Mustangs. Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
List of preserved North American P-51 Mustangs. This is a list of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs, including airworthy planes and planes on display. Lynn Garrison with RCAF 9281 – 44–73973, 403 Squadron, RCAF 1956. Subsequently, flown during 1969 Football War as FAS 407. Returned to America by Jerry Janes and flown as "Cottonmouth".
A Cavalier Mustang 2000, I-BILL (ex-North American P-51D-30-NA 44-74694), piloted by Ormond Haydon-Baillie, crashed near Mainz, Germany, killing Haydon-Baillie. [23] [123] [124] 15 February 1978 North American P-51D-25-NA "Color Me Gone", N117E (ex-44-73832), lost power and struck poles on final approach in Ellisville, Mississippi. The pilot ...
The North American P-51 Mustang is one of the best-known escort fighters of World War II. The escort fighter was a concept for a fighter aircraft designed to escort bombers to and from their targets. An escort fighter needed range long enough to reach the target, loiter over it for the duration of the raid to defend the bombers, and return.
In April 1944, the group converted from P-47 Thunderbolt to P-51 Mustang aircraft. The 352nd received a Distinguished Unit Citation for performance during an escort mission to Brunswick Germany on 8 May 1944. [2] [5] While escorting bombers to Brunswick, the group fought off an attack by a numerically superior force of German fighters. The ...
Clarence Emil " Bud " Anderson (January 13, 1922 – May 17, 2024) was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron. Toward the end of Anderson's two combat tours in Europe in 1944 he was promoted to major at 22, a young age even for ...