North American P-51 Mustang

Мустанги

 

Nov 20, 1944 - The 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" escorted B-17 bombers of the 5th Bombardment Wing to and from Blechhammer South oil refinery. The group also escorted B-24s of the 55th Bombardment Wing to the same target. 1st Lieutenant Maceo A. Harris, Jr. of the 100th Fighter Squadron was reported missing after his P-51C lost coolant over Germany.

 

На фото - оружейник рядовой первого класса Джон Т. Филдс из "all-negro" (такая официальная подпись на фото) 332 FG, Италия.

 

добавлю американских асов, летавших на этих машинах
Capt Evan Johnson of the 505th FS 339th FG P-51D 44-13471 The Comet Coded 6N-J

Lt Col Edward Mccomas 44-11280 of the 118th TRS 23rd FG

Capt Leslie Minchew 44-14753 of the 355th FG 357th FS

Lt Bruce Ward Carr of the 354th FG

Maj Ernest Bankey Jr of the 385th FS 364th Fighter Group 44-73045 “Lucky Lady III” Code 5E-B

LtCol John C Meyer Commander of the 487th FS 352nd Fighter Group 44-14151 named “Petie 2nd”, code HO-M

 

взбодрим тему ещё фотками американских лётчиков, воеваших на Мустангах против Люфтваффе
1 Capt Raymond Littge of the 487th FS 352nd Fighter Group in cockpit P-51D Mustang 44-72216 “Miss Helen” Code HO-M
2 Maj Samuel Brown of the 309th FS 31st Fighter Group In P-51D Mustang 44-13464 Coded MX-A
3 1lt Walter Goehausen of the 308th FS 31st Fighter Group
4 Lt Col Glenn Eagleston of the 354th Fighter Group, Ober Olm Germany 17 April 1945
5 Maj Richard Turner of the 356th FS 354th Fighter Group and P-51D Mustang 44-15522 “Short Fuse Sallee” Code AJ-T
6 Capt Hovde 355th Fighter Group
7 Capt Marcott 506th Fighter Group

 

"Летающий тигр" против Люфтваффе
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Howard with his North American Aviation P-51B-5-NA Mustang, 43-6315, “DING HAO!” (LIFE Magazine)
11.01.1944

 

Мустанг с двумя пульсирующими ВРД Ford PJ-31-1 (копия немецкого Argus As 014), 1945

 

1-4) 78th Fighter Group P-51; DUXFORD, England 1945
7) "Hun Flusher" 10th TRG
8) P-51D Mustang 359th FG
9-13) P-51D Lt. KIERNAN ON HIS "THE REBEL"

 

цвет в тему из архива английской газеты Гардиан
Lt Vernon R Richards of the 361st Fighter Group flying his P-51D Mustang nicknamed Tika IV during a bomber escort mission in 1944

 

P-51 Mustangs at Factory

 

1) P-51 Fighter Planes with Sharks Mouths Lined Up on Airfield
2) P-51 Fighter Plane "BALTIMORE JOE JOE"

 

рекламный плакат и фотка по испытанию в аэродинамической трубе

 

1 Двигатель Allison V12 фирмы Дженерал Моторс был признан недостаточным для Мустанга

2 Двигатель Packard V12 Merlin фирмы Роллс Ройс, который стал серийным двигателем для Мустанга, заменив двигатель фирмы Дженерал Моторс

 

1) P-51 "HONEY BUCKET" & "HARDSHIPS"
2) P-51 (#411934) Providing Escort
3) P-51 (#44-11920) Parked on Airfield Tarmac
4-5) US Airmen Load 500lb Bombs Onto A-36 "ROBBIE", 1943

 

1945

 

1944 USAAF cadet airplanes, Bruce Air Field, Ballinger TX.

 

A-36 "Апач". Мустанг в варианте пикирующего бомбарировщика. В 1944 выведен из состава армии.

 

P-51 Mustang

 

1) North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial 42-103368 of the 15th TRS at St. Dizler Airfield (ALG A-64), France, Autumn 1944. This aircraft was flown by Captain John H. Hoefker, who used it to shoot down three enemy aircraft in June 1944. Captain Hoefker became the 10th Group's first Ace and finished the war with 8½ air victories, although he (unofficially) had 10.5 kills. This aircraft survived the war, only to be scrapped on June 26, 1946.
2-3) Ralph K. Hofer