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Mustangs In the PTO


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Early model P-51A Mustangs (w/o the bubble canopy) were used by the maniacs of the 1st Air Commando in Burma who supported the second Chindit Long Range Penetration expedition in early 1944.

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1 hour ago, Chantry said:

Early model P-51A Mustangs (w/o the bubble canopy) were used by the maniacs of the 1st Air Commando in Burma who supported the second Chindit Long Range Penetration expedition in early 1944.

Yeah, but the A's had Allison engines, not Merlins.  The Merlin and the Mustang didn't come together until the C's, if I remember correctly.

 

The reason the Air Commando got them is the same reason that the Red Tails got them in North Africa- they were altitude limited fighters capable of ground support and they were available.

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