• 1/48 scale pre-finished
• Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
• Professionally painted.
• All markings pad applied for superb results.
• Cockpit slides open.
• Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
• Comes with display stand.
• Can be displayed with landing gear up or down

Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous losses
because of the lack of range the fighter escorts had. German fighters would wait beyond the
range of the Allied fighters and then attack the vulnerable bombers. Once the P-51 called
Mustang by the British had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it possessed the high
performance that had been lacking. With drop tanks the P-51 had the range to escort bombers all
the way to Berlin and back.

In April 1944 Harry M. Chapman received his pilot wings as a 2Lt.. His assignment was with the
361st FG where he destroyed two aircraft on the ground and an Me-262 in the air while on an
escort mission. In 1947 he became an assistant operations officer in Japan, in 1954 became a
General. In 1969 he was in command of the 460th TRW in Vietnam and flew 206 combat
missions. He received numerous awards and became a Brigadier General before retiring in 1974.