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The North American & CAC Mustang: - The RAAF -

The North American & CAC Mustang: - The RAAF -

Listemann, Phil H.

Paperback

Series: Squadrons!, Book 46

Air CombatKorean War

ISBN13: 9791096490769
Publisher: Philedition
Published: Jun 5 2021
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.15 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The North American P-51 is among the most famous fighters of WW2, and the P-51D probably the model the best known. In April 1944, the Australian Government selected the North American P-51 Mustang as the fighter type to be built in Australia to replace the Curtiss Kittyhawk to be built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC). If the first Australian-built Mustang flew in April 1945 and the first deliveries began in June it had become evident the number of airframes produced during 1945 would not be adequate to replace all of the Kittyhawks. It was therefore decided to import batches of P-51Ds and P-51Ks from the US and the first squadrons were converted during the summer 1945 but did not become operational before VJ-Day.

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