Roskilde Airshow 20 AUG 2023 F-16 + Spitfire  Spitfire+Mustang  Spitfire   Mustang Updated: 21 AUG 2023  Photos: Anders Straarup 

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Spitfire

Spitfire fra Biltema Norge.
AirmenDK har i Flytyper 3 SPI fra RAF.
SPI AB864 med Thalbitzer skudt ned i Frankrig i 1942, begravet i Danmark.
SPI PT718 med Buchwald skudt ned i Holland i 1944, senere begravet i Danmark.
SPI Mk XI med McMillan skudt ned under rutineflyvning 9. maj 1945 - 4 dage efter
at tyskerne officielt havde overgivet sig! Se den tyske kapitulation - hør budskabet!

Spitfire from Biltema Norge.
AirmenDK has in Types of planes 3 SPI fra RAF.
SPI AB864 with Thalbitzer shot down in France in 1942, buried in Denmark.
SPI PT718 with Buchwald shot dowm in Holland in 1944, later buried in Denmark.

SPI Mk XI with McMillan shot down during a routine flight 9 May 1945 - 4 dages
after the Germans officielly had surrendered. See the German surrender.

Mustang

Mustang fra Biltema Norge.
AirmenDK har i Flytyper 12 P-51 fra USAAF + 11 MUS fra RAF.

North American P-51 Mustang blev designet i april 1940, men problemer med udvikling og produktion gjorde, at den først kom i stort tal i foråret 1944.
Det hjalp meget, da P-51 fik Rolls Royce Merlin motor. Nyt navn: P-51 Mustang.
Den havde 6 12.7 mm maskingeværer

Mustang from Biltema Norge.
AirmenDK has in Types of planes 12 P-51 from USAAF + 11 MUS from RAF.
North American P-51 Mustang was designed in April 1940, but problems with development and production meant that it did not appear in great numbers till
spring 1944. It helped a lot when P-51 had Rolls Royce Merlin engine.
New name: P-51 Mustang. It had 6 .50 caliber Browning AN/M2 machine guns