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North American Mustang Mk.I in flight over California (USA), circa 1941 (fsac.1a35398)
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North American Mustang Mk.I in flight over California (USA), circa 1941 (fsac.1a35398)

A British North American NA-73 Mustang Mk I (s/n AL958) being test-flown at Inglewood, California (USA) in October 1942. This plane was one of the original batch of 300 aircraft ordered by the Royal Air Force in December 1940 before the lend-lease act. Note that the fighter wears U.S. national insignias that were used by U.S. forces up to April 1942. Original caption: "North American's P-51 Mustang Fighter is in service with Britain's Royal Air Force, N orth A merican Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif."

Date
1942-10
Photographer / author
Mark Sherwood. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Collection
FSA/OWI
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
5,517 × 3,733 pixels

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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).

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"North American Mustang Mk.I in flight over California (USA), circa 1941 (fsac.1a35398)" (1942-10). Mark Sherwood. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_American_Mustang_Mk.I_in_flight_over_California_(USA),_circa_1941_(fsac.1a35398).jpg

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