P-51D detail references
by Charles Metz

Avery: 'North American Aircraft 1934-1998, Volume 1' (Narkiewicz // Thompson [USA], 1998; 204 pages; US$35.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 129, 135), engine bay & landing gear (p. 140)

Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 2' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) -- multi-view drawings (p. 46-51)

Bingham: 'Merlin Power' (Airlife [UK], 1998; 176 pages; US$34.95) -- cutaway drawings (p. 164)

Birch: 'Rolls-Royce and the Mustang' (RRHT Historical Series series, No. 9; Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust [UK], 1987; 158 pages; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- engine

Bowman and Bunce: 'Spirits in the Sky: Classic Aircraft of World War II' (Smithmark / Salamander [USA / UK], 1992; 144 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) -- miscellaneous details

Byk: 'The Modeller's Guide to the RAAF Mustang' (Famous Australian Aircraft series, No. 2; Red Roo Models [Australia], 1996; 177 pages; US$27.95) -- aileron (p. 118), antenna mast (p. 103), bomb rack (p. 138), canopy (p. 130), carburetor [carburettor] air intake (p. 103), flap (p. 119), fuselage structure (p. 1, 12826), generic RAAF marking patterns (p. 14, 69, 74), gun & gun bay (p. 135), gunsight [K-14] (p. 63), landing gear (p. 66, 103), major assemblies (p. 114), multi-view drawings (p. 12, 112), panel lines (p. 107, 108), pitot tube (p. 103), radiator & radiator fairing (p. 65), rocket mounting stubs (p. 139), tail (p. 103, 120-123), wheelwell details (p. 131), wing structure (p. 117, 124)

Coggan: 'P-51 Mustang Restored' (Enthusiast Color series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1995; 96 pages; US$12.95) -- camera ports (p. 80), canopy rails (p. 1), cockpit detail (p. 14, 32, 35, 38, 68-75), drop tank (p. 76), engine bay (p. 37, 48, 50, 52), fuselage fuel tank (p. 64), gun bay (p. 62, 65-67), radiator (p. 40), radiator "doghouse" (p. 28-30, 41, 55), radios (p. 69), wheelwell detail (p. 27, 52-54)

Cooksley, Moyes, Holmes and Rabbets: 'Fighters of World War II, Vol. 1' (Aerodata International series [unnumbered]; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1980; 120 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 48), drop tanks (p. 53), multi-view drawings (p. 50, 51), underside (p. 47)

Cross, Scarborough and Robertson: 'P-51 Mustang' (Classic Aircraft series, No. 3; Patrick Stephens/ Airfix [UK], 1973; 104 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 56- 60, 70, 81), cutaway drawing (p. 83), engine bay (p. 55), gun bay (p. 87), undersurface detail (p. 41), wheelwell detail (p. 85, 88)

Davis: 'P-51 Mustang in Action' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 45; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1981; 57 pages; US$8.95) -- miscellaneous detail

Davis: 'P-51 Mustang in Color' (Fighting Colors series [unnumbered]; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1982; 32 pages; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 19), miscellaneous other details

Davis: 'P-51D' (Walk Around series, No. 7; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1996; 80 pages; US$14.95) -- canopy track (p. 41), cockpit detail (p. 43-49, 51, 52), drop tanks (p. 27, 29-34), engine bay (p. 58-60), flap/aileron joint (p. 16), flap/fuselage join (p. 17), formation lights (p. 36), fuel tanks (p. 10, 11), guns (p. 20), gun bay (p. 21, 24-26), landing gear (p. 4, 5, 8, 9), landing light (p. 9), pitot tube (p. 37), radiator exit door (p. 56), radiator duct (p. 53), radio antenna (p. 40), rockets & rocket rails (p. 66, 67, 69), wheelwell detail (p. 12, 13), wing rack (p. 28)

Dean: 'America's Hundred Thousand' (Schiffer [USA], 1997; 606 pages; US$59.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 368), cutaway drawing (p. 324), multi-view drawings (p. 323), tail stucture (p. 357)

Dean (ed.): 'Report of Joint Fighter Conference, NAS Patuxent River, MD, 16-23 Oct. 1944' (Schiffer [USA], 1998; 404 pages; US$35) -- cockpit detail (p. 224j-l)

Dibbs: 'Duxford, Airfield of Dreams: A Guide to Aircraft at Duxford' (Airlife [UK], 1992; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- fuselage behind canopy (no page numbers)

Dienst and Hagedorn: 'North American F-51 Mustangs in Latin American Air Force Service' (Aerofax Datagraph series, No. 1; Aerofax [USA], 1984; 64 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 40, 47-52), control surfaces (p. 56, 57), engine (p. 58, 59), engine bay (p. 60, 61), guns (p. 62), landing gear (p. 54, 55), surface details (p. 62, 63), wheelwell detail (p. 53)

Freeman: 'Mustang at War' (At War series [unnumbered]; Doubleday [USA], 1974; 160 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- drop tanks & plumbing (p. 104), engine bay (p. 111), K-14 gunsight (p. 102), rockets & bomb racks (p. 146)

Freeman: 'Mighty Eighth War Manual' (Jane's [UK], 1984; 320 pages; US$29.95) -- 108-gallon paper and 110-gallon steel underwing droptanks (p. 220)

Gray: 'The 55th Fighter Group vs the Luftwaffe' (Specialty Press [UK], 1998; 142 pages; US$34.95) -- canopy sill (p. 71, 81, 107), K-14 gyroscopic gunsight (p. 71)

Gruenhagen: 'Mustang: The Story of the P-51 Fighter' (Arco [USA], 1980; 252 pages; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 104)

Johnson: 'North American P-51 Mustang' (Warbird Tech series, No. 5; Specialty Press [USA], 1996; 100 pages; US$16.95) -- canopy (p. 41, 45), cockpit detail (p. 55), cowling (p. 27), engine bay (p. 77), gun bay (p. 57, 63, 71), droptank & rack (p. 49), radiator (p. 29, 33, 37), rocket launcher stubs (p. 61), ventral panels (p. 29, 71)

Karnas: 'P-51D Mustang' (Modelmania series, No. 3; AJ Press [Poland], 1997; in Polish and English; 61 pages; approximate value US$18 [availability unknown]) -- canopy (p.21), cockpit detail (p. 22-25), cutaway drawing (p. 49)engine (p. 42), engine bay (p. 39, 41, 43-45), exhausts (p. 11, 12, 40), flaps (p. 18, 20), guns (p. 29), gun bay (p. 30), landing gear (p. 32, 33), multi-view drawings (p. 8, 48-54) pitot (p. 20), radiator (p. 16, 17), tail (p. 26-28), tailwheel (p. 38), wheelwell detail (p. 32-37), wingtip navigation light (p. 19), wing pylon & bomb/droptank racks (p. 30, 31)

Kinzey: 'P-51 Mustang, Part 2: P-51D through F-82H' (Detail & Scale series, No. 51; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1997; 72 pages; US$12.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 2, 36, 37, back cover), cowl (p. 24), drop tanks (p. 16), engine bay (p. 35), flaps (p. 22, 23), guns (p. 21), gun bays (p. 38), landing gear (p. 18-20), radiator (p. 25), rockets (p. 17), tail (p. 26, 27); P-51H cowl (p. 44), landing gear (p. 45, 46), radiator (p. 45), wheelwell detail (p. 18, 19, 23)

Kucera: 'In a Now Forgottten Sky: The 31st Fighter Group in WW2' (Flying Machine Press [USA], 1997; 418 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 337), drop tank (p. 234), flap (p. 286, 344)

Lambert: 'The Pineapple Air Force: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo' (Phalanx [USA], 1990; 214 pages; approximate value US$34.95 [availability unknown]) -- gunsight (p. 134)

Lumsden: 'British Piston Aero-Engines and Their Aircraft' (Airlife [UK], 1994; 322 pages; US$64.95) -- engine bay (p. 216)

MacKay: '20th Fighter Group' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1995; 80 pages; US$12.95) -- gun bay (p. 50)

Maloney and Feist: 'North American P-51 Mustang' (Aero series, No. 15; Aero [USA], 1967; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail, engine bay, wheelwell detail (no page numbers)

Minoru: 'WWII Fighters (1)' (Design with Precision series, No. 1; Kantosha [Japan], 1994; in Japanese; 158 pages; US$40) -- multi-view drawings (p. 87-90)

Morgan: 'The P-51 Mustang' (Famous Aircraft series [unnumbered]; Arco [USA], 1963; [pages not numbered]; [value unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 2)

Morris and Frisque: 'Aces & Wingmen II, Volume 1' (Aces & Wingmen II series, No. 1; Aviation Usk [USA], 1989; 256 pages; US$39.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 49)

Nohara and Shiwaku: 'North American P-51D Mustang' (Aero Detail series, No. 13; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1995; in Japanese and English; 80 pages; US$39.95) -- canopy (p. 16, 17, 65), cockpit detail (p. 18-21, 68, 69), drop tanks & racks (p. 31, 32, 73), engine bay (p. 10-13), engine (p. 14, 15), engine bay (p. 10-13, 74), exhaust (p. 8), fuselage (p. 22-27), generic marking patterns (p. 46-53), landing gear (p. 37-40, 45, 70, 71), multi-view drawings (p. 75-78), nose (p. 5, 7, 9, 10), propeller (p. 6, 66), radios (p. 67), rear-view mirrors (p. 65), tail (p. 42-44, 71), wheelwell detail (p. 38, 39, 70), wing (p. 28-36, 72)

O'Leary: 'North American Aviation P-51 Mustang' (Production Line to Frontline series, No. 1; Osprey [UK], 1998; 144 pages; US$19.95) -- engine bay (p. 91-93), firewall (p. 79), flap (p. 96), fuselage structure (p. 79), gun bay (p. 93), oil tank (p. 79), landing gear (p. 95), multi-view drawings (p. 140, 141), wing pylon & bomb (p. 95)

O'Leary: 'VIII Fighter Command at War: "Long Reach"' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 31; Osprey [UK], 2000; 144 pages; US$22.95) -- multi-view drawings (p. 134, 135)

Olmsted: 'The Yoxford Boys: The 357th Fighter Group on Escort over Europe and Russia' (Army Air Force Unit History series [unnumbered]; Aero [USA], 1971; 103 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- wheelwell detail (p. 90), wing gun bays (p. 91)

Olmsted: 'The 357th over Europe: The 357th Fighter group in World War II' (Phalanx [USA], 1994; 159 pages; approximate value US$30 [availability unknown]) -- K-14 gunsight (p. 64)

Roeder: '357th Fighter Group' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 2000; 63 pages; US$9.95) -- exhaust [unshrouded] (p. 12, 14, 20, 23), flap (p. 3), foul weather lights (p. 11, back cover)

Rust and Hess: 'The Slybird Group:The 353rd Fighter Group on Escort and Ground Attack Operations' (Army Air Force Unit History series [unnumbered]; Aero [USA], 1968; 95 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- K-25 camera mounted behind headrest (p. 81)

Takeda (ed.): 'P-51 Mustang' (Koku-Fan Illustrated series, No. 52; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1990; in Japanese; 176 pages; approximate value US$16 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 154, 155, multi-view drawings (p. 138, 139), wheelwell detail (p. 117, 118), miscellaneous other details (p. 118, 156-165)

Thompson: 'F-51 Mustang Units over Korea' (Osprey Frontline Color series, No. 1; Osprey [UK], 1999; 128 pages; US$19.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 126, 127)

Watanabe, Ethell et al.: 'The Great Book of World War II Airplanes' (Bonanza Books [USA], 1984; 643 pages; US$50) -- cockpit detail (p. 54, 55, 72, 91, 95, 96), cutaway drawing (p. 88-89), guns (p. 93)

Whitney: 'Vee's for Victory: The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948' (Schiffer [USA], 1998; 470 pages; US$59.95) -- engine bay (p. 327)

Wilson: 'Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service' (Australian Airpower Collection series [unnumbered]; Aerospace Publications [Australia], 1988; 184 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 74)

------: 'Cutaway Aircraft of World War Two' (Argus Books [UK], 1989; 63 pages; approximate value US$8 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 32, 33)

------: 'North American P-51 Mustang' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 401; Model Art [Japan], 1993; in Japanese; 196 pages; US$35.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 126-129, 131-135, 149, 156-158), cutaway drawing (p. 92), generic marking patterns (p. 174, 179-181, 183-185, 192-194), multi-view drawing (p. 61-63, fold-out), wheelwell detail (p. 17, 136, 138-140), miscellaneous other detail (p. 18, 90, 95-99, 103, 106, 115, 116, 136-141, 146, 149-153)

------: 'North American P-51D "Mustang"' (Maru Mechanic series, No. 10; Maru [Japan], 1978; in Japanese; 66 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 10, 14, 24, 25, 28, 30, 34, 38), engine bay (p. 12, 13), gun bay (p. 32), multi-view drawings (fold-out)radiator inlet and outlet (p. 8), wheelwell detail (p. 26, 27)

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