342-FH-3A-42520-57923AC 7th p51
For the long escort flight with Boeing B-29's to Tokyo, 7th Fighter Command servicemen gas up one of the fleet of North American P-51 Mustangs now based within reach of the Jap homeland. With auxiliary tanks under each wing, the high-altitude, fast, maneuverable P-51's can now run interference for the Superforts, removing the Jap fighter threat to our strategic bombing of Japan.
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