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Specifications (North American P-51D Mustang) 

Type: Single Seat Interceptor / Long Range Escort Fighter 

Design: Raymond Rice & Edgar Schmued  

Manufacturer: North American Aviation Incorporated. Built under licence by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Australia. Post war production by Cavalier and Piper  

Powerplant: One 1,695 hp (1264 kw) Packard Merlin V-1650-7 inline Vee 12-cylinder piston engine. 

Performance: Maximum speed 437 mph (703 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7620 m); service ceiling 41,900 ft (12770 m); initial climb rate 3,475 ft (1060 m) per minute. 

Range: Combat range 950 miles (1529 km); Operational range 1,300 miles (2093 km) with drop tanks; Absolute range 2,080 miles (3347 km). 

Weight: Empty 7,125 lbs (3230 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 12,100 lbs (5488 kg). 

Dimensions: Span 37 ft 0 1/4 in (11.28 m); length 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m); height 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m); wing area 233 sq ft (21.65 sq m). 

Armament: Six 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning MG53-2 machine guns with 270 or 400 rounds per gun, plus up to two 1,000 lbs (454 kg) of bombs or six 5 inch (127 mm) rockets. 

Avionics: None. 

History: First flight (NA-73X) 26 October 1940; (production RAF Mustang I) 1 May 1941; service delivery (RAF) October 1941; first flight (Merlin conversion) 13 October 1942; (P-51B) December 1942; final delivery (P-51H) November 1945; first flight (XP-82A) 15 April 1945; final delivery (F-82G) April 1949. 

Operators: RAAF, RCAF, China (and AVG), Netherlands, RNZAF, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sweden, RAF, USAAC/USAAF.