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Interesting fact sheet on Mustangs in the Korean War
http://www.korean-war.com/KWAircraft/SouthKorea/ROKAF/north_american_f51.html

Other Variants included F-6K/D and F-82's. 1953 was the year that a large majority of all Mustangs had been replaced by F9F's, F84's, Gloster F8's, and F86's.

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Thanks for the post neighbor. I've always been interested in that transitional period in aviation history - when piston fighters clung onto their last vestiges of worthiness in a changing world. I believe the true test of WW2 aircraft design is how they answered the call over 5 years after they went into production. It doesn't have to be 5 years, but that's a good chunk of time to use as a standard.

I could write a book based upon what I just said, going into each aircraft design, but we all know the score in this forum. The Mustang, in this regard, has quite an impressive history. The Corsair is another one, and their are others. Both of these aircraft were in production somewhat early in WW2 - at least the United States involvement - and they were still quite effective in the Korean War.

John

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I love that period too...especially with all of the ANG units that used the Mustang. I'd love to see the option to have a pilot figure in Korean War/early 50s helmet and gear for the F-51. However, I doubt if it will happen in the A2A P-51, unfortunately...

K

I think I have what you're looking for. I did some pilot textures for the WoP2 Mustang with 50's style helmet here:
http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1 ... &filename=

I wanted the same thing so I just made them. Lots of different options in that Zip between helmets and suits. The goggles in the model don't permit more recent helmets, but the WoP2 pilot model does work nicely for early 50's with hard hat and goggles.

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Qucik FYI, these textures don't work for any WoP3 pilots. Sorry. But they work for all the WoP2 leathernecks.

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