P-51 Mustang

It wasn’t however the man that held his attention but the picture on the opposite page. The North American P51 Mustang! His grandfather used to tell him stories of his adventure with fighter jets during the war. The P51, he said, was designed as an escort fighter for WWII bombers. It blasted enemy trains and ships in Western Europe and destroyed Axis defenses before…

Coca-Cola as a common language. “What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest” (Warhol). Not focusing on the individual things but the share abundance of things is what reflected the spread of mass manufacturing and the growing American consumer culture. In 1962 Warhol painted “Coca-Cola [4]”. This painting is of a Coca-Cola bottle that is bigger than the viewer. This painting of a coke…

The first week of middle school, I made a life changing mistake. It leads me to a very powerful skill I did not even know I had. Sitting in the lunch room I had not been paying attention to who was around me this was to be a very poor decision. Had I been paying attention I would have seen the new kid, Dalton Adams walking by me; preventing the following situation. Up go my arms I feel something make contact with my arm. My head begins to turn trying to figure out what I have hit and to my…

” I let out a chuckle as Sergeant told us it was time to board. I got on the plane and suddenly I felt this rush of adrenaline that made me want to go at that moment. We still had to learn about the controls that had been added to the Mustang fighter. It took 30 minutes to learn but by 6 in the morning, it was time. “Ready, Andersen? It's go time.” I smiled and nodded as we headed closer to the end of the runway. Speeding up the closer we got until I lifted and we were in the air.…

In this research paper, we will explore one of the most important and well known battles in World War II, which was the Battle of Normandy or also known as D-Day. Many people mistake the word D-Day, but it did not all happen in one day, but several days. D-day was given as a code name for the day that commenced Operation Overload. Many say that if it were not for the invasion of Normandy, Europe would have definitely fell under Hitler’s command. D-Day marked the beginning of the Allied…

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is arguably the greatest and most effective single-engine fighter plane ever utilized by the United States (U.S.) military. Its service timeframe ranges from mid-WWII through the Korean War and into the fighter jet age. While it did have a shaky and unsure start in life, the Corsair would prove itself repeatedly throughout its time in service. The Corsair came in to being because of a need by the U.S. Navy for a new carrier-based fighter…

thousand women who’d applied, but only 1,100 got chosen as Women Airforce Service Pilots - the WASPS. The WASPs proved to the males, that they had logged more than 60 million miles in more than 12,000 aircrafts, which included B-17s, B-24s, and P-51 Mustangs, that had helped win the war. As Wise said “the…

Assess the significance of allied strategic bombing of Germany during the Second World War Introduction: The significance of allied strategic bombing was variable throughout the war. Bombing was made more significant due to late technological advancements, which meant that the impact on the morale was affected more. Bombing had a significant impact on the economy and the military, both which are linked, due to the change of tactics that were implemented. Due to the decline in the economy,…

Fighter and Bomber Aircraft of WWII During World War II, aviation firmly established itself as an important part of warfare. Countries taking part in WWII quickly learned that dominating the air meant winning the war. Before WWII, most of the strategies for air warfare were mainly theoretical, since WWI had little effective air warfare, and most air to air combat at the time was primitive. Fighter aircraft are military aircraft which are designed mostly for air to air combat against other…

of the leader B-17. The b-17s were less than 50 feet apart. [7] The problem with this new strategy was that it needed the Vee formations to be close together and needed the use of a fighter escort. The first problem was that the fighters (ex: p-51 mustangs or thunderbolts) needed to escort the B-17s didn’t have enough fuel to stay with the B-17s for the whole trip. [1] So the B-17s pushed the need for a way to expand the storage of fuel on the fighters. The answer would be auxiliary droppable…