Mustang Airplane
March 27th, 2010
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How did WWII airplanes get their names?
* name of the type of airplane, i.e. Mustang, Lightning, etc.
* name of the airplane given by the pilot – i.e. “Marge”, “Pudgy”
The manufacturer usually assigned these names. Except the Lightening was a name given by pilots in the U.K. Lightenings were sent there before the U.S. got in to the war. But Flying Fortress, Thunderbolt, Mosquito, AeroCobra, Black Widow, and all the rest were named at the factory.
“P” as in P-51 stood for Pursuit. (Now it’s F for Fighter.) C was Cargo, R for Recon, B for Bomber, and T for Trainer. The Army used this I.D. system, but not the Navy.
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