P-51B Mustang - A Legend is Born

Initially developed to provide an export alternative to the P-40 for France and the UK, North American’s P-51 would prove to be a superb aircraft that would rank among the most decisive weapons of the Second World War. With its streamlined airframe and highly efficient cooling system, the aircraft would reach new heights when equipped with the far more advanced Packard Merlin engine. Though its early years would prove troublesome, it would solve long standing issues regarding the lack of long range bomber escorts, and achieve a level of performance beyond its Axis contemporaries.
Based on an article by Henry H. with illustrations by Ed Jackson
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Based on article by Henry H.
Narrated by Sosoniaru
Edited by Brancovich
Sources
Primary:
* Flight Tests On The North American P-51B-15 Airplane, AAF NO. 43-24777, 1944.
* Preliminary Results of Performance Tests on a P-51B Airplane with 44-1 Fuel P-51B-5-NA, V-1650-7 Engine. 1944.
* P-51B-15-NA 43-24777 (Packard Merlin V-1650-7) Performance Tests on P-38J, P-47D and P-51B Airplanes Tested with 44-1 Fuel. (GRADE 104/150). 15 May, 1944.
* Matthews, H. F. Elimination Of Rumble From The Cooling Ducts Of A Single-Engine Pursuit Airplane. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS. 1943.
* Messerschmitt A.G. Augsburg. (1944). Leistungen Me 109 G-14/U4 mit Db 605 Am u. Asm.
* Pilot Training Manual for the Mustang. United States Army Air Force, 1943.
* Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions P-51B-1 Airplane. Evansville, Indiana: United States Army Air Force, 1943.
* Pilot’s Notes for Mustang III Packard Merlin V-1650-3 Engine. Air Council, 1944.
* Wilkinson, Paul. Aircraft Engines of the World. 1944.
* The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Over-All Report (European War). U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1945.
Secondary:
* Bucholtz, Chris. 332Nd Fighter Group: Tuskegee Airmen. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2007.
* Bucholtz, Chris. 4Th Fighter Group “Debden Eagles”. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2008.
* O’Leary, Micheal. Building the P-51 Mustang the Story of Manufacturing North American’s Legendary WWII Fighter in Original Photos. Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers, 2011.
* Dean, Francis H. America’s Hundred Thousand: the US Production Fighter Aircraft of World War II. Schiffer Publ., 1997.
* Douglas, Calum E. Secret Horsepower Race: Second World War Fighter Aircraft Engine Development on the Western Front. TEMPEST, 2020.
* Ethell, Jeffrey L. Mustang: A Documentary History of the P-51. London: Jane’s, 1981.
* Haulman, Daniel L. Nine Myths about the Tuskegee Airmen. October 21, 2011.
* Marshall, James William; Ford, Lowell. P-51B Mustang: The Bastard Stepchild that saved the Eighth air force. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2020. (Electronic)
* Moye, J. Todd. Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.
* Overy, Richard James. The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945. London: Penguin Books, 2014.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Excellent production.

[@nickhimaras9331]

Great video. It could benefit by mentiiong the P51B vs. C difference and the fact that the 4th, all P51 Fighter Group, destroyed the most enemy aircraft (583 air, 469 ground) out any any other USAAF fighter group. Please keep up the good work!

[@barryervin8536]

There is no difference between the P-51B and P-51C, other than which factory it was made in. The Bs were built in Inglewood, CA and Cs in Dallas, Texas.

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

@@barryervin8536 Basically correct. The Cs came off the production line in Dallas with the 85 gallon fuselage tank. The Bs first came off the California line without the auxillary tank but were modified in the field.

[@markopantelic3088]

Great video as always!

[@andrewphillips8341]

Thanks for the great video.

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

Lynne Olson's book "Citizens of London" has an excellent chapter on Col. Hitchcock's effort to convince USAAF chief Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold that the Mustang would be vital for the US Strategic bombing campaign.

[@yogurt3572]

Great work yet again

[@RGC-gn2nm]

well done

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More information on armaments, power, speed on the airplane please.

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If you did a video and article on the A-10, would that be on Tank Encyclopedia or Plane Encyclopedia? 😉

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