(Library of Congress) Upon America’s entry into the Second World War, the 41-year-old volunteered his services as a fighter ... from the group defended by Howard.” A P-51 Mustang taxis at ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European ...

While the P-51 Mustang would go down in history as arguably the best operational piston-engined fighter ever built, and was able to provide long-range escort to U.S. heavy bombers that could the ...