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The North American P-51 Mustang was designed for the RAF early in WW2. It entered combat service in 1942.
Fitting Mustangs with the Rolls Royce Merlin engine made a good fighter into a great one, and with the addition of drop-tanks the allies had the long-range escort fighter they needed so badly.
The Mustang 'B' was armed with 4 x 12.7mm machine guns, and could also carry drop-tanks or bombs.
This example is a P-51B (Mustang III) of 19 Squadron RAF 1944.
Fitting Mustangs with the Rolls Royce Merlin engine made a good fighter into a great one, and with the addition of drop-tanks the allies had the long-range escort fighter they needed so badly.
The Mustang 'B' was armed with 4 x 12.7mm machine guns, and could also carry drop-tanks or bombs.
This example is a P-51B (Mustang III) of 19 Squadron RAF 1944.
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Another sad one -
Orig USAAF Number 43-6421
Mustang Mk III Served with 19 RAF Sqd and 316 PAF Sqd
FTR from Ops 1 March 1945
Shot down Carrying out 'Ramrod' Operation 1478, one of 2 Mustangs to go down on this Op from the same Sqd (the other was FX930).
Both were NOT shot down but crashed in bad weather returning from the operation due to heavy low level cloud cover being present, with FB120 crashing while returning from Mannheim in Germany.
The Aircraft was marked as SZ-V for Victory, and the Pilot was the Polish AF member W/O J Feruga PAF.
Both Polish Pilots were killed in the loss of their Mustangs.
W/O Feruga PAF had destroyed 3 and a half V1s in 1944 and shot down a ME109 on 14 Aug 1944.
He now rests in France and was born in Poland in 1914.
Orig USAAF Number 43-6421
Mustang Mk III Served with 19 RAF Sqd and 316 PAF Sqd
FTR from Ops 1 March 1945
Shot down Carrying out 'Ramrod' Operation 1478, one of 2 Mustangs to go down on this Op from the same Sqd (the other was FX930).
Both were NOT shot down but crashed in bad weather returning from the operation due to heavy low level cloud cover being present, with FB120 crashing while returning from Mannheim in Germany.
The Aircraft was marked as SZ-V for Victory, and the Pilot was the Polish AF member W/O J Feruga PAF.
Both Polish Pilots were killed in the loss of their Mustangs.
W/O Feruga PAF had destroyed 3 and a half V1s in 1944 and shot down a ME109 on 14 Aug 1944.
He now rests in France and was born in Poland in 1914.