"The original P-51, first put into extensive service in 1943, was developed to accompany the massive fleets of B-17 bombers dispatched to devastate German war factories. The Mustang and the men who flew it were credited with shooting down almost 5,000 planes of the Luftwaffe, far more than any other plane in the war. Designed and built by North American Aviation and powered by a supercharged Packard engine built under license from Rolls-Royce, the Mustang was a killer beast. A bargain, too; the government got them for $51,000 apiece. (They're for sale on the Internet for about $2 million apiece.)"
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