How One Civilian's "Crazy" Propeller Blade Made P-51s Outrun Every German Fighter at 490 MPH
Автор: The Second War
Загружено: 2025-11-25
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March 12th, nineteen forty-four. RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Two North American P-51 Mustangs sit on the concrete hardstand, their polished aluminum skins gleaming under gray English sky. Same Packard-built Merlin engine. Same six gun armament. Same combat radius that had just made them the most valuable fighters in the European theater. Captain Don Gentile throttles up the first aircraft. Maximum speed at twenty-five thousand feet, four hundred twelve miles per hour. Fast enough to chase down Luftwaffe bombers. Not fast enough to catch the new Messerschmitt Me two sixty-two jet fighters that German intelligence reports said were entering service.
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