This paper deals with the contributions of the P-51 Mustang to

the eventual victory of the Allies in Europe during World War II. It

describes the war scene in Europe before the P-51 was introduced,

traces the development of the fighter, its advantages, and the

abilities it was able to contribute to the Allies' arsenal. It

concludes with the effect that the P-51 had on German air superiority,

and how it led the destruction of the Luftwaffe. The thesis is that:

it was not until the advent of the North American P-51 Mustang

fighter, and all of the improvements, benefits, and side effects

that it brought with it, that the Allies were able to achieve air

Reasons for the Pre-P-51 Air Situation

The Installation of the Merlin Engines

Features, Advantages, and Benefits of the P-51

The Change in Policy on Escort Fighter Function

P-51's Disrupt Luftwaffe Fighter Tactics

P-51's Give Bombers Better Support

over Europe, 1940-1945. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company,

forces had, in effect, pushed a stick into a hornets' nest, hoping to

supercharger. He suggested it to Rolls-Royce's Chief Aerodynamic

German convoys, trains, antiaircraft gun emplacements, warehouses,

1080 miles and could be extended to 2600 miles when extra drop-tanks

problem. Get to work on this right away because by January '44, I

shot down over Austria, and his subsequent imprisonment by the Nazis.

and transportation systems. This setup was responsible for the

without adverse compression effects. In other planes, as they

for fighter ranges was that they could go as far as Aachen, which was

have to be forced into the air in greater numbers. In order to get

stick into the nest again, they were armed with a metaphoric

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