CHAMBLEE, Ga. - You probably didn't know it, but a hero flew over thousands of people's heads on Tuesday. For his 100th birthday, World War II veteran Paul Crawford flew a P-51 Mustang. He and the ...

In the decades following World War II, numerous fighter pilots have emerged from the record books to belatedly receive an honor long denied them: credit for downing five enemy aircraft and recognition ...

The P-51 Mustang was an American-designed, long-range, single-seat fighter and bomber escort used during World War II, as well as later conflicts. Its introduction significantly contributed to the ...

For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ruinous casualty numbers. The odds of a B-17 crewman surviving the 25 missions required to complete a tour were only one in ...

Step inside the legendary P-51 Mustang cockpit for an exclusive WW2 pilot’s view! In this detailed walkthrough, explore the controls, instruments, and cramped space that fighter pilots had to master ...

The iconic North American P-51 Mustang turned the tide of the air campaign in World War II in the allies’ favor. According to the Military Aviation Museum, a total of 15,586 P-51 Mustangs were built ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: A modernized Mustang was a curious choice. The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II. Had life worked out differently, the ...

The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so North American simply fused two P-51s together. During World War II, the ...

These immersive cinematic storytelling techniques illuminate history in a very unique way. On June 2, 1943 Lieutenant Charles B. Hall of the Army Air Forces shot down an enemy Italian fighter plane ...

The P-51 Mustang is possibly one of the most important airplane the United States ever flew, helping to take down the Third Reich in World War II. But how did it become such a success in the skies?

HOUSTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A World War II-era P-51 Mustang plane owned by a Texas museum and once used by the Air Force of El Salvador crashed into Galveston Bay on Wednesday, killing the two people ...