Hermann Goering,
the head of Hitler's Luftwaffe said it all when he stated, " The
day I saw P-51 Mustang flying over Berlin, I knew the jig
was up." The Mustang stampede over Germany did help
to end the war in Europe with horses named, "Big Beautiful
Doll", "Cripes Almighty", Shangri-La, "Macon
Belle", "Scat VII", "Flying Dutchman," "Old
Crow", "Angels Playmate", "Moonbeam
McSwine", just to name a few of the 15,875 Mustangs
that were built. Only 284 of these great WWII fighters
remain today and only about 150 of them are in flight worthy
condition, a mere 1%. Who are the keepers of these warriors
from WWII? Who have tended to history's stable of great
Mustang fighters so that we will all be able to hear and
see the P-51 fly in this century?
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