Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In April 1942, the RAF tested the Allison powered P-51A Mustang Mk.I and found its performance inadequate at higher altitudes. With a Rolls Royce Merlin 61 engine installed its performance was transformed and North American began producing the definitive P-51D powered by the license-built Packard V-1650-3 Merlin. It became regarded as the finest fighter to appear in WWII.
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In April 1942, the RAF tested the Allison powered P-51A Mustang Mk.I and found its performance inadequate at higher altitudes. With a Rolls Royce Merlin 61 engine installed its performance was transformed and North American began producing the definitive P-51D powered by the license-built Packard V-1650-3 Merlin. It became regarded as the finest fighter to appear in WWII.
These photographs can be purchased as a CD of digital images at sarikhobbies.com
Buy the CD with all images:
sarikhobbies.com/product-category/model-aircraft-builder/scale-aircraft-reference/full-size-focus-cd
Build the RC Model:
sarikhobbies.com/product/north-american-p-51d-mustang-69
