02283 RAF Mustang III P-51B/C - Trumpeter  [TP02283]

The P-51 was certainly developed in 1940 at Britain's request?The prototype wound up being built within a 120-day limitation. It absolutely was the Royal Air Force that bestowed the nickname "Mustang" on kind. In December 1943, P-51B very first joined combat along with the 354th Fighter volume of the 9th Air Force in England. Most of the P-51B in combat status was in reality assigned on 8th and 9th atmosphere Forces in England With an inferior number doing combat chores due to the 12th and fifteenth U.S.A.A.F in Italy and surrounding areas. The P-51B finished up being the prime variant from December 1943 until March 1944 of which time the P-51D begun to can be found in quantity utilising the 8th A.F. Nevertheless the P-51B remained typical prior to the center of 1944 and remained in combat till the end the conflict. The 1,357,000 combat hours flown by the P-51?s in many theatres of war?and more or less 400,000 of amount by the ever current B?s.

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