Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous losses Mustang by the British had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it possessed the high performance that had been lacking. With drop tanks the P-51 had the range to escort bombers all FS, 356th FG, 8th USAAF. Captain Burdick was one of the 356th five aces when he scored 5.5 victories, all against Fw-190s. Captain Burdick’s victories were achieved between November 25 1944 and January 14 1945. On February 20 1945 Captain Burdick flew the last of his 53 combat missions. Clinton was the second Burdick ace; his father Lt. Howard Burdick flew a Sopwith Camel with the 17th PS in WWI. He accumulated 8 aerial victories and was awarded the DFC and DSC.P-51D Mustang 44–15310 named “DoDo” was piloted by Captain Clinton Burdick of the 361st

Tasks – Dive-bomber, bomber-escort, ground-attack, interceptor, photo recon

Number Produced All Variants – 14,819

• 1/48 scale pre-finished
• Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
• Professionally painted.
• All markings pad applied for superb results.
• Cockpit slides open.
• Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
• Comes with display stand.
• Can be displayed with landing gear up or down.