Yellow/Green painted oil tank, two green upper oil tank brackets, two yellow/green lower oil tank brackets, long curved oil line from tank to engine, and five green fabric oil tank strips. Summary ...
The iconic North American P-51 Mustang turned the tide of the air campaign in World War II in the allies’ favor. According to the Military Aviation Museum, a total of 15,586 P-51 Mustangs were built ...
In the decades following World War II, numerous fighter pilots have emerged from the record books to belatedly receive an honor long denied them: credit for downing five enemy aircraft and recognition ...
Kinney, Jeremy R. 2016. "North American P-51D Mustang." In Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum. Van der Linden, F ...
If legends never die, then the North American P-51 Mustang is already immortal by all intents and purposes. But this doesn't mean Mustangs could maintain relevancy indefinitely in a military context.