Dueling in the Fast Lane: A Mustang pilot nails his prey

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The European theater held more surprises for the Allies than the Pacific theater did. The Germans were leaders in developing state-of-the-art weapons, and if the war had lasted into 1946, it might have held some very lethal surprises for New York City and Washington, D.C. Using conventional aircraft, the AAF and RAF had to tangle with the Luftwaffe’s new jet-propelled aircraft, and they did a superb job of it. Basically, it was the P-51 Mustangs...

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