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

The P-51 had been 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 type. In December 1943, P-51B very first joined combat aided by the 354th Fighter amount of the 9th Air Force in England. The majority of the P-51B in combat status was in fact assigned on 8th and 9th Air 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 wound up being the prime variant from December 1943 until March 1944 of which time the P-51D begun to are available in amount utilising the 8th A.F. But the P-51B remained common before the center of 1944 and remained in combat till the end for the conflict. For the 1,357,000 combat hours flown by the P-51?s in most theatres of war?and approximately 400,000 of volume by the ever current B?s.

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