USAF P-51D Mustang HA7719 Big Beautiful Doll 1:48 Scale

USAF P-51D Mustang HA7719 Big Beautiful Doll “Big Beautiful Doll,” Lt. Col. John Landers, 78th Fighter Group, December, 1944 with 14 1/2 Victory Ace! Scale 1/48 1/48 scale pre-finished Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic. Professionally painted. All markings pad applied for superb results. Cockpit slides open. Comes with a pilot that can be removed. Comes with display stand. Can be displayed with landing gear up or down. Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous losses because of the lack of range the fighter escorts had. German fighters would wait beyond the range of the Allied fighters and then attack the vulnerable bombers. Once the P-51 called Mustang by the British had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it possessed the high performance that had been lacking. With drop tanks the P-51 had the range to escort bombers all the way to Berlin and back.