Posted on Oct 18, 2022

Fighting Airmen of Two World Wars—Part 2 of 4: British Fighter Pilots

MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.

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Fighting Airmen of Two World Wars—Part 2 of 4: British Fighter Pilots

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LTC Trent Klug

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A great old photo!

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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM

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Pilots were the drivers of air dominance during WWII and their use of the P51 was supreme!

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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM

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The P51 were named named the Mustangs.

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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.

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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM - Correct. They actually started out as the Allison-engine powered A-36 Apache. However, the Allison engine didn't operate well above 15,000 feet, so they tried marrying the aircraft up with a Rolls Royce-Packard Merlin engine. It was a match made in heaven and the plane was redesignated as the P-51B Mustang.

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Fighting Airmen of Two World Wars—Part 2 of 4: British Fighter Pilots

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