Kovozávody Prostějov (KP) – KPM0245 – P-51B “Mustang Aces”

Description:

P-51B
“Mustang Aces”

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a U.S. WWII Fighter aircraft North American P-51 Mustang, B variant.

Kit includes 3 markings of U.S. aces who flew the type, including:

• John C. Herbst, the second highest scoring pilot in the Burma-India-China theater.
• Henry William Brown, the highest scoring ace of the 355th Fighter Group, with over 14 wins in the air confirmed. He was shot down by AA fire in October 1944 and remained as prisoner of war till the end of the war. He flew both P-51B and P-51D variants, both nicknamed “The Hun Hunter Texas”.
• William Simons, who while flying a nicknamed “Wild Bill” P-51B was shot down by AA fire in April 1944 over Germany and while surviving the crash/landing died later in not all clear circumstances by the injuries.