The P-51 Mustang is one of the greatest long-range escort fighters of World War II. the beautiful P-51 marked a quantum leap in fighter design. The Mustang allowed the Mighty Eighth bomber fleets to target Berlin while the bombers were continually under the protection of the P-51 Mustangs. Many aces flew the P-51 and became American legends along with their aircraft . Detailed in this volume are the stories of those men and their machines, illustrated with contemporary award-winning photography of John M. Dibbs, as well as the history of the planes and quotes from the Aces themselves.