“GRAND MACHINES”
AMERICAN MUSTANG FIGHTERS FAST AND FORMIDABLE. OPERATING AT PRESENT FROM BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 26. American Mustang fighters have been operating from Great Britain in recent weeks. The machines are flown by the Army Co-operation Command in co-operation with the Fighter Command. This arrangement will probably continue till the land war in the west flares up, when they will be used for their original purpose of giving full support to the army. Meanwhile, the Fighter Command benefits by their help and the pilots gain valuable experience.
They have expressed their delight with the machine and describe it as an excellent fighter which is likely to earn a good name. It is fast and manoeuvrable and has excellent endurance. All its activities so far have been ground strafing. One pilot on this work said: “They are grand machines and take damage that would seal the fate of other fighters.” The Mustang is a monoplane with one 1150-horse-power Allison V 1710 12-cylinder engine. It has been reported from the United States that the Mustang has a speed of about 400 miles an hour.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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185“GRAND MACHINES” Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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