The P-51 Mustang is one of the greatest warplanes of all time. Developed as a private venture, it was seized upon by the British as the answer to their shortage of fighter aircraft in the early months of World War Two. Early Allison-engined Mustangs lacked performance at high altitude, but the great promise of the airframe was clear, and when fitted with the Rolls-Royce Merlin the Mustang became one of the best pistoned-engined fighters ever built. Not only was its performance on a par with the best British and German fighters of the era, but it was the first single-engined fighter with range sufficient to accompany bombers from Great Britain to Berlin and back.
- ISBN13 9781861268303
- Publish Date 24 August 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 November 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English