Many experts consider it the best World War II fighter plane. -Conceived in just five years, the Mustang’s prototype, the NA-73X, was designed, built, and flown within 180 days. Initially ...

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

Running as part of an estate sale on June 2 through June 4 ... Still, even though the P-51D is the most common Mustang variant, this is a rare enough aircraft that it should only appreciate ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European Theater. The North American P-51 Mustang may well be the most iconic U ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... in events like the Battle of Britain. The P-51D Mustang is an icon in the U.S. military. It proved invaluable by providing ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint ... according to the National World War II Museum. Carnage on Oct. 8 over the German U-boat yards at Bremen and aircraft factories at Vegesack, as well as intense ...