Tamiya 300060754 - 1:72 F-51D Mustang North American
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Sketched out in a New York city hotel in April 1940, the North American
Aviation Corporation NA73X went on to become one of the best fighters to
come out of World War 2. The U.S. Army Air Corps gave it the title of P
(for Pursuit) 51, and it was named Mustang by the British. Of the several variations of the Mustang, the P-51D is considered the
definitive version and was the first to have the bubble canopy. More D
models were built than any other variant, with a total of 9,603 being
produced. Armed with six.50 caliber machine guns, three in each wing,
with 400 rounds for each inboard gun and 270 rounds for the other four,
plus underwing pylons for auxiliary fuel tans or 1000 lb bombs, the
Mustang was a true fighter pilots airplane. At the conclusion of WW2,
Mustangs were in operation all over the world, flying in several nations
air forces. When the Korean conflict broke out, hundred of F (for
fighters) 51 s were in Japan awaiting scraping. Because they possessed
too slow speed maneuverability that was absent in the new jets then
entering service, the F-51 was ideal to work with Forward Air
Controllers (FACs) on the ground in Korea. The major drawback to this
was the F-51 s liquid cooled engine susceptibility to anti aircraft and
small arms fire when attacking ground targets. This caused the Mustang
to have the highest loss ratio of any aircraft in Korea. A total of 194
were lost in three years, with only 10 being downed in combat with other aircraft.
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F-51D Mustang North American
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| Größe: | Maßstab 1:72 |
| Hersteller: | Tamiya |
| Produkttyp: | Plastikmodellbau |
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