By Dave Windle
The Mustang used to be born from a British WW2 specification to North American in the course of 1940. The prototype was once accomplished inside of 117 days however the RAF was once now not proud of the aircraft's functionality and prompt exchanging the V-12 Allison with the extra robust RR Merlin. the end result used to be a wonderfully quickly and maneuverable plane that had the variety to escort Allied bomber forces on raids deep into occupied Europe. a complete of 15,469 of the kind have been equipped and utilized in wrestle until eventually the Korean War.
This ebook comprises the area well-known colour profiles created by way of Dave Windle of the sort in several operational modes, configurations and colour schemes. Martin Bowman has written targeted descriptions and pictures to create the best fanatics' reference.
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