That is NOT a P-51B Mustang in the initial plane list

[skymaster]

Common mistake in console games. It is correctly identified as a Mustang Mk 1A (the British term), but it is a P-51 Mustang in U.S. nomenclature. The P-51A had an engine change (still Allison) and switched to 4 -50 cal - this was the Mustang MkII. The P-51B swapped out Allison for Packard licensed Merlin, which the British used as the Mustang MkIII. The bubble canopy P-51D is the Mustang MkIV.

Hope you guys can fix that error. Thanks for including it in the game, for whatever reason, the Allison Mustangs rarely get included. I don't understand why - at low altitudes they were lethal weapons, both faster and more maneuverable than the later models. They were also in service from 1942 to 1945.

[Marchochias]

The Allison Mustangs are never included because the most famous version of the Mustangs had bubble canopies and Merlin engines.

Same reason you don't see the P-38 in many of these games. Sure, they built more of it than any other Western fighter, but it wasn't as famous.

About the naming, in my opinion thats a pointless technicality that changes nothing. The aircraft is the same one whether they call it a P-51B or whatever else it is you want it to be called. (you didn't make that clear, to be honest)

[jt_medina]

Originally Posted by skymaster

Common mistake in console games.

I could tell you hundreds of them on the original IL2.

Man, Give it a try.

[mondo]

Originally Posted by Marchochias

Same reason you don't see the P-38 in many of these games. Sure, they built more of it than any other Western fighter, but it wasn't as famous.

Play IL2...couple of them in there. Only 10,000 build though. 1 or 2 more Spittys were built

[Marchochias]

Originally Posted by mondo

Play IL2...couple of them in there. Only 10,000 build though. 1 or 2 more Spittys were built

Gah, my bad, meant the P-40 Warhawk. I used the Warhawk for an example because it had the same Allison engine that the early Mustangs did.