Fighters

North American P-51 “Mustang”

The Mustang was considered by many to be the finest fighter that that the U.S. produced and flew in WWII. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, it had the ability to escort B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers all the way to their German targets, which greatly reduced the losses the bombers were suffering from German fighter defenses. Many high German military officers realized the war was lost when they first saw P-51s in the skies over Berlin. Although it excelled as a long range escort, which it also did for the B-29s on their trips to Japan, the P-51 also turned out to be an excellent ground attack aircraft, destroying many enemy aircraft on the ground. During the Korean War, Mustangs were used extensively in the fighter bomber role and also served with the Indiana Air National Guard in the 1950’s.

Above is the P-51D owned by Nathan Davis from Tipton, IN.


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