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One of the most famous fighters of the period of world War II "Mustang" was developed in the United States by order of the British air force. The prototype was designed and built in just 117 days and made its first flight on October 26, 1940. In November 1941. "Mustang I" (P-51) began to enter the UK into service RAF, partially replacing the beginning to become obsolete fighter "hurricane". In the original version with the Allison engine, the aircraft showed very modest flight and combat qualities and was used most often as a fighter-bomber. But when in 1942 it installed a powerful rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the fighter turned into one of the best combat aircraft of the war. Using hanging fuel tanks, he could fly to Berlin and back. In their tactical and technical data of the P-51 in air combat was superior to almost any aircraft of the Luftwaffe in a wide range of altitudes and changed in the US air force P-40 "Kittyhawk". Entered service in 1944, the modification of the D differed drop-shaped lantern, which provided the pilot with an excellent overview.
the Aircraft was produced in the following versions:
- “Mustang I”(P-51) with the engine Alison V-1710-F3R, 1150 HP, armed with four 12.7 mm and four 7.62 mm machine guns,
- “Mustang IA”(P-51) with four 20-mm guns mounted in the wings,
- “Mustang II”(P-51A) with the engine Alison V-1710-81(F20R), power 1200 HP, armed with four machine guns caliber 12.7 mm.
R-51V and R-51S (“Mustang III”) with the engine Packard V-1650-3 (upgraded Merlin 68) power of 1520 HP, four 12.7 mm machine guns and a bomb load of 910 kg,
- R-51D (“Mustang IV”), armed with six machine guns caliber 12.7 mm, mounted in the wings,
- P-51H with Merlin V-1650-11 engine with 2000 HP capacity, six 12.7 mm caliber machine guns, two outboard fuel tanks or 127mm rockets or bombs with a total mass of 910 kg.,
- A-36A – attack aircraft and dive bomber created on the basis of P-51A with Alison V-1710-87 engine(F21R) with a power of 1325 HP, six 12.7 mm machine guns, bomb load up to 910 kg, especially widely used DURING the LANDING operation in Sicily,
- scouts F-6, F-6D, F-6K, experimental XP-51F, XP-51G, XP-82.
Flight technical data P-51D
| Wingspan | 11.27 m |
| Length | 9,83 m |
| wing Area | 21.6 sq. m. |
| Engine | Packard V-1650-7 1720 HP |
| Empty weight | 3250kg |
| Takeoff weight | 4600-5280 kg |
| Maximum speed | 695 km\h |
| Norm range\max | 1520\3700 km |
| Ceiling | 12800m |
| 9150 meter rate of Climb | 13 minutes |
| Armament | six 12.7 mm machine guns, two 455 kg bombs |
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