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Mustang Designer:Edgar Schmued and the P-51
[Paperback - 2000]
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Category: History
Sub-category: World War Ii
Additional Category: Military History - Aviation
Publisher: Smithsonian Books | ISBN: 9781560989943 | Pages: 256
Shipping Weight: .612 | Dimensions: 8.48 x .52 x 10.96 inches

Mustang Designer tells the story of American wartime fighter development, including engines and armaments, as part of a nationwide program of aircraft builders and fliers, focusing on Edgar Schmued, the designer of the Mustang. The P-51 Mustang is widely regarded as the best propeller-driven fighter that ever flew. What many might not realize is that the plane's developer was a German migrant. This book tells of how Schmued created a weapon that would ultimately prove lethal to the aspirations of those who had seized control over his native land.

Aviation historian Ray Wagner is the author of American Combat Planes (1960) and North American Sabre (1963), which was the first book-length history of an Air Force fighter. A retired history teacher, he is an archivist for the San Diego Aerospace Museum.

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