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unusual facts about P-51D Mustang



2011 Reno Air Races crash

On September 16, 2011, at the Reno Air Races, a North American P-51D Mustang, named The Galloping Ghost, and was flown by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward crashed into spectators, killing the pilot and 10 people on the ground, and injuring 69 others.

Larson Air Force Base

Larson's P-51D Mustang (AAF Ser. No. 44-13881, nose-name "Mary, Queen of Scotts") was shot down and crashed on 4 August 1944 near Uelzen, Germany.

Utah Air National Guard

Flying F-51D Mustang fighter aircraft, 10 pilots flew over 100 missions.

Yakovlev Yak-3

Marcel Albert, the official top-scoring World War II French ace, who flew the Yak in USSR with the Normandie-Niémen Group, considered it a superior aircraft to the P-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire.


see also

Digital Combat Simulator

The second "flying legends" title, simulating the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9, with the same accuracy and detail as the P-51D Mustang module.