North American P-51D Mustang
- Scale 1:72 A01004
- Airfix. The Mustang was among the best & most well-known fighters used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, appearing in action in just about every theatre. Over 8, 000 were built & the P-51D arrived in quantity in Europe in the spring of 1944, becoming the USAAF. s primary long range escort fighter. The versatile Mustang also served as a fighter-bomber & reconnaissance aircraft. Few Luftwaffe aircraft could match the P-51D, & by the end of the war, Mustangs had destroyed 4, 950 enemy aircraft in the air, more than any other USAAF fighter in Europe.