P-51 Mustang, the best fighter of WW2? - 5 Surprising Facts

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Was the P-51 Mustang the best fighter of WW2 - 5 Surprising Facts

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger[5] of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The commission approached NAA to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, NAA proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October.[6][7]

The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which had limited high-altitude performance in its earlier variants. The aircraft was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). Replacing the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/C (Mustang Mk III) model, and transformed the aircraft's performance at altitudes above 15,000 ft (4,600 m) (without sacrificing range),[8] allowing it to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters.[9] The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed, two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66, and was armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) AN/M2 Browning machine guns.[10]

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The Mustang never reached the kill ratio of the P47 Thunderbolt or that of the P40 Warhawk, and the navy planes like wildcat, Hellcat, and Corsair so I wouldn't call it the Best of WW2, It was a good escort fighter.

kevinfrerichs
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The best fighter of WWII, was the ME 262

tommyvictorbuch
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BRITISH ORDER as well as BRITISH that a bit more mate!

susanbutler
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oh oh, the spitfire was the best fighter of WW2, fact.

waltmcv