Arguably, the last such man is James McCubbin, a North American P-51D Mustang pilot of the Eighth ... On Christmas Eve, however, he was forced to crash-land Mary-Al on an abandoned German airfield ...
During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European Theater. The North American P-51 Mustang may well be the most iconic U ...
The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World War. The North American P-51 Mustang was born out of necessity and ...