Dogfight Double - P-51D Mustang vs Bf 109 F-4 [gift set] AH.7

Dogfight Double - P-51D Mustang vs Bf 109 F-4 [gift set] AH.7In what would often be a very personal dual fought in the skies above Europe between airmen from Allied and Axis air forces, the struggle for aerial supremacy raged throughout the Second World War. But the summer of 1944 witnessed the introduction of the new 'D' variant of the North American Mustang. Arguably the finest fighting aeroplane of the entire war was now hurled against what remained of the Luftwaffe, a force which included less experienced

It was initially proposed as a tactical transport for the Egyptian Air Force

before the Germans could attempt an amphibious invasion across the English Channel

One of the finest fighting aeroplanes in military history

Steel balls for nose weight

flying a route over Suffolk

During the WWII they became an important part of any military train heading for the battlefield

When the airframe was adapted to the Allison inline engine

KH516/WC-F

HMS Vindex

for testing

The A-8 version was the most numerous

in which planes and pilots crashed into the decks of Allied ships