After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the Kuomintang used the P-51 in the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. On September 23, 1948, a fourth brigade P-51 took off from Beiping to Siping airport in Jilin Province and was taken over by the Chinese people's Liberation Army. Then there were two more. In 1948, the Chinese people's Liberation Army found several more in Jinzhou. In November of the same year, the Chinese people's Liberation Army set up the fifth repair shop and repaired 36 successively, So that the PLA can use 39 p-51s, most of which are p-51d and the rest are p-51k. When the people's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949, nine p-51s participated in the founding ceremony
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor p-51D mustang(In the USA of WW2)
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 37.2ft (11.3m)
- Length 32.7ft (10.0m)
- Height 12.5ft (3.8m)
- Empty Weight 13,434lbs (6,093kg)
- Loaded Weight 14,527lbs (6,589kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.232
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.137
- Wing Loading 26.3lbs/ft2 (128.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 551.8ft2 (51.3m2)
- Drag Points 2272
Parts
- Number of Parts 339
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 1,371
For people outside of China:
Anti-Japanese War: 2nd Sino-Japanese War
Communist Party: CCP