 | P-51D G.T EAGLESTON | Model:39325 | The proportional model:1:48 | Browse the number:2462 |
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The
P-51 Mustang, designed in 1940 after Great Britain requested. Mustangs
served in nearly every active combat zone, including the Pacific where they
escorted B-29s from Iwo Jima to Japan.
Between 1941 and 1945, the Army Air Force ordered 14,855 Mustangs
(including A-36A dive bomber and F-6 photo-reconnaissance versions), of which
7,956 were P-51Ds with the "bubble" canopy and heavier
armament. P-51Ds were play a interceptor and primarily for close support
of ground forces Role. P-51s served with
Reserve and National Guard units until 1957.