North American P-51A Mustang Unit: 1st Air Commando Group The P-51A served mainly as a fighter and escort in the China/Burma/India theatre (CBI). Modified versions called the F-6B, were fitted with camera equipment for recon and served in the ETO. The P-51A would see service into 1945, long after replacement models were in service. Production would be cut far short of the 1,200 ordered. As soon as the Rolls Royce Merlin modifications to the P-51 were deemed worthy, production was shifted to the new models. In all, 310 P-51As were produced by NAA. Designated NA-99, the P-51A Mustang was ordered in numbers of 1,200 by the U.S. Army in August 1942. No ground attack here, no dive brakes, just pure fighter. This was the best fighter the U.S. had below 22,000 feet. This according to the AAF School of Applied Tactics at Orlando, FL. The P-51A was powered by the Allison V-1710-81 which had automatic boost control and rated at 1,200 horsepower. This Allison had increased performance at altitude over the V-1710-39 used in the P-51. The propeller was a 3-blade, 10 feet 6 inch Curtiss electric. Top speed was 415 mph at 10,000 feet and the service ceiling was 31,500 feet. There were two underwing mounts for bombs or drop tanks. Gross weight increased to 10,600 lbs. max with an average load of 8,600 lbs. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tank, VC, paint textures, 2D panel, aircraft.cfg, air file, and .dp Shessi: Pilot figure Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture Other ordinance: FDG Team Gauges: AliCat, ACWai, Microsoft, and others unknown Sound: razcal -- The Allison V-1710-81 for the P-40 but same engine in the P-51A

North American A-36A Invader Unit: 533Rd FBS, 27th FBG at Sicily 1943 April 1942 marked the first order of any P-51 variant by the US Army. 500 NA-97s were ordered. The U.S. serials were 42-83663 to 42-84162. The P-51 was never intended to be a dive bomber. Budgets for pursuit fighters were limited at that time, but there were funds available for dive bombers. NAA's President, Dutch Kindelberger, made proposals for a quick design modification to the P-51 and landed a contract for 500 A-36A's. Although "Apache" was the A-36A's official name, it was rarely used.Units in Africa and Italy called it the "Invader" and the name eventually found its way into offical USAAF use. The design was very similar to the Mustang I and P-51A. The powerplant was the Allison V-1710-87. The A-36 was a dive-bomber so the addition of hard points for two 500 lb bombs and dive brakes to slow the fast acceleration of the P-51 in a dive were added. The belly scoop was now fixed at the front. Armament was 2 guns in the nose and 4 in the wings, all .50 caliber. The dive brakes were operated hydraulically and located on the top and bottom of each wing outboard of the guns. Plan was that they limit the dive speed to 250 mph but in practice the speeds were closer to 350 mph and higher. The angle of dive was reduced to 70 degrees because of high stress during pull-out. The hard points for the bombs were also capable of holding 75 gallon drop tanks for extended range. The top speed of the A-36 was down from added weight to about 358 mph at 5,000 feet (without external stores). The US used the A-36 in the Mediterranean theatre with first deliveries beginning in early 1943. When not in the ground attack role, the A-36 was essentially a low-altitude P-51A and was used as a fighter. The A-36 scored 101 air-air victories during WWII. The A-36 proved to be a very stable platform for accurate weapons delivery. 177 were lost in action mostly due to the dangerous mission of low-level operations. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tank, VC, paint textures, 2D panel, aircraft.cfg, air file, and .dp Shessi: Pilot figure Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture Other ordinance: FDG Team Gauges: AliCat, ACWai, Microsoft, and others unknown Sound: razcal -- The Allison V-1710-81 for the P-40 but same engine in the P-51A

North American P-51 / F-6A Mustang Unit:154th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Tunesia April 1943 Pilot: Lt. Alfred C. Schwab For aid to Great Britain under the Lend-Lease program, the USAAF ordered 150 model P-51 Mustangs with a Letter of Intent on 7 July 1941. Four 20mm cannon replaced the mixed caliber machine gun arrangement of the British Mk I Mustang. As production of the P-51 airplanes ramped up in late 1941, it was decided that the USAAF would retain fifty-eight of the 150. The first example (41-37320) was delivered to the USAAF as the one-of-a-kind P-51-1-NA to serve as the prototype F-6 photographic reconnaissance and mapping variant. Another 54 were delivered as P-51-2-NA airplanes that were modified to serve as photo reconnaissance planes. In the summer of 1942 these 55 were re-designated as F-6A-1-NA rather than P-51-1/2 airplanes. One P-51 (41-37426) was acquired by the US Navy for aircraft carrier sea trials and was assigned US Navy Bureau Number 57987. The last of the keepers were two P-51s (41-37352 and 41-37421) which were retained to become the XP-51B airplanes. Therefore, the RAF only received 92 of these aircraft as Mustang Mark IA airplanes instead of the 150 it had requested. It's been written that the F6 modification included installation of two K-24 cameras behind the pilot s seat or alternatively, that one was behind the pilot seat and one in the rear fuselage. However contemporary photos show only the single camera behind the pilot seat and never any second camera. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, VC, paint textures, 2D panel, aircraft.cfg, air file, and .dp Shessi: Pilot figure Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture Gauges: AliCat, ACWai, Microsoft, and others unknown Sound: razcal -- The Allison V-1710-81 for the P-40 but same engine in the P-51A

A6M5 ZERO Aircraft of 381ku based at Kendari, Dutch East Indies circa March 1944 Visual model: Captain Kurt VC: acwai Airfile: UncleTgt Texture file: painted by UncleTgt and acwai. Gauges: These gauges were designed by Alphasim, Mape, Aussie, or some unknown author. I have made some modifications. Weapons: Captain Kurt This is a copyrighted freeware program.Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer. Thanks for downloading this aircraft, have fun! Andrew Wai

A6M3 model 32 ZERO Aircraft from 204ku, flying from Kahili, Bougainville during the summer of 1943. Pilot was W/O Matsuo Hagiri. Visual model: Captain Kurt VC: acwai Airfile: UncleTgt Texture file: painted by UncleTgt and acwai. Gauges: These gauges were designed by Alphasim, Mape, Aussie, or some unknown author. I have made some modifications. Sound: CFS2 stock sound Weapons: Captain Kurt This is a copyrighted freeware program.Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer. Thanks for downloading this aircraft, have fun! Andrew Wai

A6M3 model 22_ZERO VERSION 1.0 FEB 2026 582ku Rabaul, April 1943 Visual model: Captain Kurt VC: acwai Airfile: UncleTgt Texture file: painted by UncleTgt and acwai. Gauges: These gauges were designed by Alphasim, Mape, Aussie, or some unknown author. I have made some modifications. Weapons: Captain Kurt This is a copyrighted freeware program.Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer. Thanks for downloading this aircraft, have fun! Andrew Wai

A6M2 ZERO Aircraft of the IJNAF Tainan ku, Taiwan November 1941. This aircraft was usually flown by Lt. Kiku-ichi Inano, but was lost whilst being flown by PO 1st class Shimezo Inoue on 26th NOvember 1941. Whilst transferring to Saigon, Inoue & his wingman became lost in poor weather & made an emergency landing on the Leichou Peninsula, & were taken prisoner by the Chinese. Visual model: Captain Kurt VC: acwai Airfile: UncleTgt Texture file: painted by UncleTgt and acwai. Gauges: These gauges were designed by Alphasim, Mape, Aussie, or some unknown author. I have made some modifications. Weapons: Captain Kurt This is a copyrighted freeware program.Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer. Thanks for downloading this aircraft, have fun! Andrew Wai

Unit: VT-8 USS Hornet (CV-8) June 4, 1942 Pilot: Lt. Commander John Charles Waldron, USN. When it entered service in 1937, the Douglas TBD-1 was one of the most advanced aircraft in the world, but by 1941 it had become obsolete, too slow, under armored and hobbled with the dysfunctional Mk XII torpedo which rarely worked. It was still in frontline service in 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the US Navy had to fight with what it had left until the new TBF Avenger could be delivered to replace the Devastator. The TBD fought valiantly for the first 6 months of the war. It was used in the first hit and run fast carrier raids on Wake, Marcus, Gilberts, Tulagi and New Guinea. On June 4, 1942 the 41 Devastators of the Hornet (VT-8), the Yorktown (VT-3) and the Enterprise (VT-6) were launched against the 4 Japanese carriers of the Midway invasion task force. Poor coordination, poor tactics and confusion led to the 3 TBD squadrons attacking individually without coordination with each other or with the dive bomber squadrons. This gave the Japanese Combat Air Patrol Zero's plenty of time to shoot them down in detail. Only 4 TBDs made it back to the Enterprise, and 2 others to the Yorktown. VT-8 from the Hornet was completely destroyed with a single pilot - Ensign George Gay - surviving to be rescued. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, US Naval ordinance bombs, bomb racks, Mk XIII torpedo, torpedo rack, VC, paint textures, panel, and .dp file. Shessi: Pilot figure Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture BeePee: Compass gauge Microsoft: Gauges and .air file

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator Unit: VT-6 USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1938 Pilot: unknown When it entered service in 1937, the Douglas TBD-1 was one of the most advanced aircraft in the world. At that time, the TBD was deemed to be the most advanced aircraft of its kind anywhere in the World. The Devastator marked a large number of `firsts’ for the US Navy. It was the first widely used carrier-based monoplane as well as the first all-metal naval aircraft, the first with a totally enclosed cockpit, the first with power-actuated (hydraulically) folding wings and in these respects the TBD was revolutionary. A semi-retractable landing gear was fitted, with the wheels designed to protrude 10in below the wings to permit a `wheels up’ landing which might limit damage to the aircraft. A crew of three was normally carried beneath a large `greenhouse’ canopy almost half the length of the aircraft. This model depicts TBD-1 BuAer number 0344 which was received by VT-6 being formed commensurate with the USS Enterprise being commissioned. After later being transferred to VT-5, it would be lost at sea on April 21, 1941. The pilot Ens. D.D. Whyte, and Bombardier ACOM A.L. Christensen were killed. The gunner, Sea2c M.S. Starcevich survived. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, US Naval ordinance bombs, bomb racks, Mk XIII torpedo, torpedo rack, VC, paint textures, panel, and .dp file. Shessi: Pilot figure Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture BeePee: Compass gauge Microsoft: Gauges and .air file

Unit: VT-2 USS Lexington (CV-2) May 7, 1942 Pilot: Ensign C. Hamilton, USN. When it entered service in 1937, the Douglas TBD-1 was one of the most advanced aircraft in the world, but by 1941 it had become obsolete, too slow, under armored and hobbled with the dysfunctional Mk XII torpedo which rarely worked. It was still in frontline service in 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the US Navy had to fight with what it had left until the new TBF Avenger could be delivered to replace the Devastator. The TBD fought valiantly for the first 6 months of the war. It was used in the first hit and run fast carrier raids on Wake, Marcus, Gilberts, Tulagi and New Guinea. During the Battle of the Coral Sea, The TBDs of VT-2 and VT-5 were primarily responsible for sinking the first Japanese carrier to be lost, making 7 torpedo hits against the IJN SHOHO. Credits Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, US Naval ordinance bombs, bomb racks, Mk XIII torpedo, torpedo rack, VC, paint textures, panel, and .dp file. Shessi: Pilot figure Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture BeePee: compass gauge Microsoft: Gauges and .air file