Second World War aviation art prints of the Twin Mustang aircraft. Our collection of prints and original paintings of the Twin Mustang aircraft of World War Two.
Twins by Stan Stokes.
The North American P-82 Twin Mustang, the last piston-powered fighter produced in quantity for the US Air Force, was the last variant of the P-51 Mustang which had debuted, and served so successfully, in WW II. The Twin Mustang was developed in response to a government specification seeking a very long range escort fighter capable of accompanying B-29 bombers, and able to attack the newest Japanese fighters at very high altitudes. The P-82 was in reality actually an entirely new aircraft. The P-82 was six feet longer than a P-51, and utilized many new technological improvements. From a design standpoint the P-82 represented a radical departure from conventional aeronautical standards. The twin cockpits (one on each fuselage) was employed to allow more than one pilot, and reduce fatigue on long over-water missions in the Pacific. Twin Merlin engines, utilizing counter rotating propellers powered the first P-82. The first prototype flew in April of 1945. Only twenty of the original 500 .........
