Manufacturer: North American Aviation
First flight: 25th October 1940
Classification: High-Altitude Escort Fighter

SPECIFICATIONS: P-51D
Length: 32 ft. 3 in. / 9.85 m
Height: 13 ft. 8 in. / 4.21 m
Wing Span: 37 ft. 0 in. / 11.3 m
Weight Loaded: 12,100 lbs. max. / 5,489 kg

Engine: Packard built Rolls-Royce "Merlin" V-1650 of 1,650 hp. (Maximum hp 1,695)

Range: 1,000 miles / 1,609 km
Service Ceiling: 41,900 ft / 12,771 m

Maximum speed: 437 mph / 703.13 km/h
Cruising speed: 275 mph / 442.48 km/h

Armament: Six .50-cal. machine guns and ten 5 in. (127 millimeter) rockets or 2,000 lbs./ 907.2 kg of bombs. The British version had four 20mm cannons in addition to the six .50-cal. machine guns.

Crew: One
Cost: $54,000 (about $700,000 today)

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