A P-51C with the charming name \u201cEvalina\u201d was the first and, as it turned out, last fully airworthy North American Mustang to be captured by the Japanese. Intensive tests followed by demonstration flights at combat units convinced both veterans and commanders of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force that their most recent \u201cacquisition\u201d was a truly fantastic aircraft \u2013 the fulfilment of every fighter pilot\u2019s dreams.<\/p>\n
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The North American P-51C-11-NT Mustang with registration number 44-10816 (manufactured at the Dallas plant in Texas as 111-28949) was the personal aeroplane of First Lieutenant Oliver E. Strawbridge. At the turn of 1945, the fighter was stationed in China with the 26th<\/sup> Fighter Squadron, itself an element of the 51st<\/sup> Fighter Group. The unit\u2019s combat trail had started in India and proceeded through Burma and China, ending in French Indochina, a territory that comprised present-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.<\/p>\n Jack Storey \u2013 australijski as w Birmie<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n