North American P-51K Mustang           A68-523

                                  

                                      Four 84 Squadron Mustangs up from Townsville, circa 1945.    Although Commonwealth Aircraft
                                      began building the Mustang in 1945 (as the CA18), 299 North American (Dallas-built) machines
                                      were brought into inventory between April and September of that year.  These four were among
                                      them.  It was the P-51K whih bore the brunt of overseas service in Japan and Korea in the early                                
                                     1950s.