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  • God bless these gentlemen for their service. Too bad our sick government waited so long to give credit where it was do.

  • I just hope some day they can have a retired pilot of color fly the Tuskegee Red Tail plane. Wouldn't that be a hoot.

  • The P-47 Jug was our first "Red Tail" fighter escort. Our guys flew them in May/June 1944 and flew our first escort missions in razorback C models. Any other representation is fantasy. We flew P-51s till the end of the war and then P-47Ns with extended range and won the first USAF National Fighter Gunnery Meet in 1949 in newly designated F-47Ns,.The 332nd was disbanded after that; the final victory was our "Last Hurrah"

  • America changes quickly back then this didnt happen because most whites were so damn racist they didnt give a damn but that all changed 

  • I saw a P-51 RedTail at GML in 2007, their wonderful planes.

  • Too cool ! Have to attend the next airshow !

  • simply amazing:)

  • wow

  • Beautiful aircraft-never saw one of these P-51Cs in person ever...

  • It's technically a B or C-series since both are the same but C seems to be the popular name for razorbacks.

  • After the P-51 was re-engined with a Packard built Merlin, to meet the demand for more aircraft, North American opened a plant in Dallas, Texas to supplement the output of the Inglewood, California facility. The P-51B and P-51C were essentially identical, with the only distinguishing feature being the serial numbers. B model were built in California, C models in Texas. This specific aircraft was built at the Dallas plant, so it qualifies as a C model.

  • @propfan2k the C also had the British Malcom Bubbel Canopy

  • @Mattebubben - Sometimes, but not always. The Malcolm Hood was manufactured and fitted by the British corporation R Malcolm & Co, to both B and C models. This one is a "C" model by virtue of having been manufactured in Dallas, TX rather than Inglewood, CA. but retains the original "Razorback" cockpit enclosure

  • Its about time the tuskegee airmen are honoured like the rest of the airmen who fought to keep our countries free.Bless them all!

  • @Garybaxter1

    Thanx for that seems people want to worship the plane more than the heros so sad.

  • @Garybaxter1 they were honoured in a movie, and a great movie heros, and Mustang does it get any better.

  • Beautiful.. :)

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