Clarence ’Bud’ Anderson, a pilot of the 357th Fighter Group, with his P-51 Mustang in March 1944. [Courtesy: American Air Museum in Britain] The aviation world is a less colorful place today ...

Richard Peterson, part of the 357th Fighter Group, faced off against the Luftwaffe’s top pilots. Amid brutal air combat, Peterson made a decision many consider dishonorable—firing on an enemy ...

The P-51D would score the most aerial victories of any USAAF platform by the war’s end with 4,950 combat kills. Out of almost 15,000 North American P-51s made between 1941 and 1945, the P-51D ...

Originally developed by North American for the British, the Mustang was later ordered in large quantities by the U.S. Army Air Forces. This P-51 is displayed in the markings of the 351st Fighter ...