Airfix - North American P-51D Mustang - 1:72

The North American P51 Mustang is viewed as one of the iconic American fighters of the Second World War. Designed to an RAF specification, the Mustang was transformed once the Rolls Royce Merlin engine was installed. 

Its long range and excellent firepower made it a superb escort fighter, able to protect the bombers all the way to Berlin and back. After the war, the P51 saw service in Korea and was used by some air arms up until the early 1980s.

• North American P-51D Mustang, Aircraft flown by Lt. Col. Joseph L Thury, 505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group, 8th AF, Royal Air Force Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, England, 1944.