North American F-82 Twin Mustang

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Short Straw Memoirs of Korea by Captain Bernard W. Peterson

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Great Photos and story of the F-82, P82 twin mustang Korean war fighter. The F-82 made the first kill during the Korean war. The North American F-82 Twin Mustang was 42' 5" long, 13' 10" high with a wingspan of 51' 3". The Twin Mustangs empty weight was 15,997 lbs and its gross weight was 25,591 lbs. This plane had two Allison V-1710-145 inline engines producing 1,600 hp each for a total of 3,200 hp. The cruise speed of the F-82 was 286 mph with a maximum speed of 461 mph with a climb rate of 3,770 feet per minute. More about the F82 Twin Mustang

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At the start of the Korean offensive on 25 June 1950, the FEAF (Far East Air Forces) under L Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, were made up of some eight and a half combat groups, charged with the defense of Japan, Okinawa, Guam and the Philippines, comprising three fighter-bomber groups, two fighter intercept groups, one all-weather fighter group, two light bomb squadrons, one medium bomb group, and a troop carrier group. The all weather fighter groups had F-82's, and were credited with making the first enemy kill of the war, a Russian YAK-3 fighter.

North American F-82 Twin Mustangs.

- Available in Japan and used with much success during the early fighting. Left over from a batch of 250 ordered in 1946, they were powered by two Allison V-1710-143/145 inline engines. They had replaced the P-61 Black Widow in service with the Air defense Command

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