North American P-51 Mustang
Role: FIGHTER | Period: WORLD WAR 2 | Nation: USA
Category: Long-range fighter, Fighter-bomber
Crew: 1
Engine: One reciprocating (piston) engine
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Number built: More than 15,000
First flight: 26 October 1940
Introduction: January 1942
Retired: 1957 (United States Air Force) / 1984 (Dominican Air Force)
Main variants
- NA-73X – Prototype
- Mustang I – First production version, built for RAF
- A-36 Apache – Dive-bomber version
- P-51 – Production version, supplied also to the RAF as the “Mustang Ia”
- P-51A – Production version, supplied also to the RAF as the “Mustang II”
- P-51B – Production version, supplied also to the RAF as the “Mustang III”
- P-51C – Production version, supplied also to the RAF as the “Mustang III”
- P-51D – Production version, supplied also to the RAF as the “Mustang IV”
- P-51H – Production version
- P-51K – Production version, supplied also to the RAF as the “Mustang IVa”
Operational service
- World War 2 (1938 – 1945) – European Theater – Western Front
- World War 2 (1938 – 1945) – Mediterranean and Middle East War Theater
- World War 2 (1938 – 1945) – Pacific Theater – Central Pacific Area
- World War 2 (1938 – 1945) – Pacific Theater – China Burma India Theater
- Korean War (1950 – 1953)
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