How a P-51 Mustang Works

[Admiral Beez]

489 US gallons (1851 L) of fuel with drop tank! Compare this to the Spitfires 555 L (before drop tank).

 

[pbehn]

Lots of interesting stuff in that but did it enter service in late 1943? Great graphics .

 

[Admiral Beez]

Lots of interesting stuff in that but did it enter service in late 1943? Great graphics .

I agree. Pretty wicked.

 

[Spindash64]

Depends on the Model. the P-51B entered service just past the Schweinfurt raid in the early fall of 1943, but the earliest production mustangs were in service before US entry in WWII