TALKING WITH TJ

IT’S A PLANE! IT’S A HORSE! NO, IT’S THE FORD MUSTANG

Perhaps one of the most iconic groups who flew the P-51 Mustang were the men from the 332nd Fighter Group known as the Red Tails, which were trained at a segregated air base in Tuskegee, Alabama. They got their name from the distinctive red paint used on their tail of their plane. Despite the many barriers these men had to face, they overcame and achieved legendary status through their skill and fortitude. These brave men escorted the Fifteenth Air Force into heavy strategic bombing raids into Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Germany from May 1944 to April 1945, in addition to making many successful strafing attacks on airdromes, railroads, highways, bridges, reiver traffic, troop concentration, radar facilities, power stations, and other targets.

Well, as you can see, this is one bad ass plane! Whether it really was the inspiration of our beloved Mustang or just a myth, who knows but I will say this, if anything and at bare minimum the P-51 and the Ford Mustang are both American designed and dreamed, and it was the P-51 Mustang that helped win World War II, which set the path for America until when the Mustang was developed. So, if the P-51 Mustang was not as influential in winning World War II, well, our beloved Mustang would not exist as it does today. So, cheers to the P-51 Mustang! Can you see the resemblance between the P-51 Mustang and the Ford Mustang in the pictures?