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

In the decades following World War II, numerous fighter pilots ... with the Lockheed P-38J Lightning, the squadron began transitioning to the North American P-51D Mustang in August 1944.

AVI-8’s latest aviation-inspired watch gets its name and design influence from the P-51 Mustang of the US ... delivered in 1945 to the 78th Fighter Group, 83rd Squadron at Duxford, England.