Allison-Engined P-51 Mustang

Name: Allison-Engined P-51 Mustang
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ISBN: 9781780961514

ISBN-10: 1780961510

ISBN-13: 9781780961514

Edition: 2012

Authors: Martyn Chorlton, Adam Tooby, Richard Chasemore, Ian Palmer

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Not enough credit is given to Allison-engined variants of one of the world's most famous fighters. We now associate the name "Mustang" with the pretty bubble-canopied fighters which now grace our skies as war birds at Airshows around the world today. There is no doubt that the Merlin engine elevated the Mustang's performance from just being "very good" to "exceptional" and this, in many people's eyes, peaked with the P-51B and P-51C, not the more familiar and most produced version - the P-51D - which comprises the majority seen today.From its inception in early 1940, the development of the fighter, which culminated in the prototype NA-73X launched in October, can only be described as rapid.…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.91" long x 0.21" tall
Weight: 0.484

Martyn Chorlton completed many years of military tours before beginning to write. Martyn has 15 published books under his own name and is a regular contributor to <i Aeroplane Monthly</i and editor of the Kelsey ICONS, Archive and Company profile series.



Introduction


Design and Development


The NA-73X - birth of a legendary fighter


NAA designs and builds a fighter


The RAF order


The USAAF shows interest


Enter the P-51A (NA-99)


Reconnaissance birds, the F-6A and F-6B


Tech Specifications


The NA-73X


Aircraft technical data - Allison - powered Mustangs


Operational History


RAF service begins


Dieppe and first blood


'A' for Attack! - The A-36 A into combat


P-51 in combat


Down and dirty with the 1st Air Command Group (ACG)


Rhubarbs, Rangers and Populars


D-Day, RAF operations


A host of units


Conclusion


Further Reading


Index