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NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG

The P-51 Mustang is one of the greatest fighter aircraft of all time and played a definitive role in winning the air battle over Europe during World War II.

The initial models with Allison engines had poor high-level performance but excellent lower-level characteristics. When it first entered service with the RAF in January 1942, the Mustang was used mainly for photo-reconnaissance sorties, which rapidly evolved to include ground-attack sweeps.

Meanwhile, the USAAF became interested

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