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Originally Posted by MikeNoun
One of the most unusual aircraft of WWII, the Dornier Do335. It was capable of speeds of 470 mph, making it the fastest piston engined plane of the war.
And a really cool, large scale R/C version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZU03dmdFBc
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Those are P-51 Mustangs before they became Mustangs as we know them. It was known as the A-36 Apache at the time and was mostly a ground attack plane.
It had the same Allison V-12 engine as the P-40 in the earlier picture.
The soon-to-be marriage of this American built and designed airframe with the British built and designed Rolls Royce-Merlin engine made it into arguably the best all around prop driven warplane in history..
P-51-B and -D models shown below... Notice that the intake scoop has moved from above to below the spinner with the engine change.
Arguably for sure. I would rather be in a F4U or if I wanted to go really fast a DO335. CLICK ON THE LINK
http://www.militaryimages.net/media/...-wp.30272/full