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1:72 P-51D Mustang - Tuskegee Airmen - Red Tails

Item: TAM25148
Dimensions: (H x W x L) 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0
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Item#: 25148
1/72 North American P-51D Mustang "Tuskegee Airmen"

Overview
In mid-1942, training of the USAAF’s first group of
African-American pilots began at an airfield in Tuskegee,
Alabama. The first of these “Tuskegee Airmen” formed the 99th
Fighter Squadron and under the command of Lt. Col. Benjamin
Davis, they were deployed in June 1943 to North Africa in P-40s.
After completing training in October 1943, the 100th, 301st, and
302nd fighter squadrons formed the 332nd Fighter Group, with
Davis as the group’s commander. The 332nd was deployed to the
Italy with P-39s in February 1944 but soon converted to the P-47
in April. The unit scored its first aerial victory while
escorting bombers to Munich in June before converting to P-51B/Cs
later that month. This was followed by a final conversion to
P-51Ds in November as the 332nd, which by this time also included
the 99th FS, continued to escort bombers against targets in
Southern Germany and Eastern Europe. Col. Davis stressed to his
pilots that their job was to protect the bombers and due to this
mindset, in 100 missions the 332nd only lost 25 B-17 and B-24
bombers that they were tasked to escort. This was impressive
considering a loss rate of 25 bombers per mission was common at
the time, and bomber crews came to call the 332nd the Red-Tail
Angels, since they would remain with the bombers at all times.

Specifications and Features
• 1/72 scale P-51D Plastic assembly kit
• Parts for 2 kinds of canopies and 75 gallon drop tanks are
included
• Includes canopy masking stickers and 1 seated pilot figure

The following decal markings are included:
1) 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, Piloted by
Captain Roscoe Brown
2) 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, Piloted by First
Lieutenant W. Williams
3) 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group