F-82 Twin Mustang Airplane Model

F-82 Twin Mustang Airplane ModelNorth American F 82 Twin Mustang airplane model. The F 82 Twin Mustang was the last propeller driven fighter acquired in quantity by the USAF. It appears to be two Mustang fuselages on one wing, but in reality, it was a totally new design. Its purpose was to provide a fighter carrying a pilot and co pilot navigator to reduce fatigue on long range bomber escort missions. Delivery from production did not begin until early 1946, too late for WW II. After

North American F-82 Twin Mustang airplane model. The F-82 Twin Mustang was the last propeller-driven fighter acquired in quantity by the USAF. It appears to be two Mustang fuselages on one wing, but in reality, it was a totally new design. Its purpose was to provide a fighter carrying a pilot and co-pilot/navigator to reduce fatigue on long-range bomber escort missions. Delivery from production did not begin until early 1946, too late for WW II. After WW II, radar-equipped F-82s were used quite extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the P-61-night fighter.

During the Korean War, Japan-based F-82s were among the first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean airplanes destroyed by U.S. forces were shot down by all-weather F-82G interceptors on June 27, 1950.

Of a total of 273 F-82s produced, 20 were -Bs. One F-82 named "Betty-Jo", flew from Hawaii to New York on February 27-28, 1947, a distance of 5,051 miles, the longest non-stop flight ever made by a prop-driven fighter.

Mahogany Wood. Scale: 1/32. Wingspan 20 1/2 inches, Length 16 1/4 inches.