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To: Goldsborough
There were several bests.

Yep, however the most profound in ending the war was the Mustang. Even Gehring stated such.

52 posted on 04/09/2009 3:08:54 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS

What made the P51 a game changer was not so much it was a great fighter (it was), was the fact that with a drop fuel tank it could escort the bombers to target and back.

Gas mileage, in other words.


60 posted on 04/09/2009 3:15:16 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Defend America from the Communist.)
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