General Information

Serial #

122-39806

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

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Manufacturer

AKA

North American

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Inglewood

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

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Period

The Museum aircraft, manufactured in 1945, served first with the US Army Air Forces, then from 1951 with the RCAF, until its transfer to the Canadian War Museum in 1964.

Canada

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Function

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Technical

The versions of this superb airplane fitted with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine were arguably the finest all-round fighters of Second World War. Its long range permitted bomber escort from Britain to southern Germany and back. The Mustang was also the first US Air Force fighter to serve in the Korean War. The RCAF flew Mustangs in Second World War and in 1947 received 130 aircraft to equip two regular and six auxiliary squadrons. The Mustang retired from RCAF service in 1960. Although designed and built in 117 days, the Mustang incorporated such advances as a laminar-flow wing and simple lines for easy production. A long-range night fighter version, the "Twin Mustang", was two Mustangs overlapping one wing each to create a twin-engine, two-pilot airplane. Stock and modified Mustangs were still competing in air racing in the 1990s.

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Details

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Finish

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