P-51B, P-51C, Mustang III

P-51B, P-51C, Mustang III

Family: P-51 Mustang
Class: Fighter
Changes: Packard Merlin in a new cowling with an updraft carburettor, strengthened engine mount and fuselage, redesigned radiator duct, four-blade Hamilton Standard propeller; framed canopy (Malcolm hood on most British aircraft). An 85 gal fuselage tank from the B-5/B-7 and C-3.
Produced: 3,737

Service

United States · Western Europe

≈ Dec 1943 – May 1945

United States · Italy

≈ Apr 1944 – May 1945

United States · Southeast Asia

≈ Apr 1944 – Jan 1945

United States · Western Europe

≈ Mar 1944 – May 1945

United States · Italy

≈ Apr 1944 – May 1945

≈ Jan 1945 – Aug 1945

United Kingdom · Western Europe

≈ Dec 1943 – May 1945

United Kingdom · Italy

≈ Jun 1944 – May 1945

France · Western Europe

≈ Jan 1945 – May 1945

Modifications 4

≈ Dec 1943 – May 1945≈ Jun 1944 – May 1945

P-51B1,987

≈ Dec 1943 – May 1945≈ Apr 1944 – May 1945≈ Apr 1944 – Jan 1945

P-51C1,750

≈ Mar 1944 – May 1945≈ Apr 1944 – May 1945≈ Jan 1945 – Aug 1945

≈ Jan 1945 – May 1945