North American P-51B-1-NA 43-12102 United States Army Air Forces flying the OE-1 in the

flying the OE-1 in the low-altitude reconnaissance and forward air control role in direct support of Marine ground forces — a mission central to the Marine Corps' combined arms doctrine of tightly integrating air and ground combat power

O-1Es operating over Vietnam were repainted in camouflage to reduce their visibility against the jungle terrain below

Compared to the gloss white and red TO-1D 55-4736 also from Army Alaska

A classic Cold War carrier aviation subject and a perfect complement to the same airframe in its striking Bicentennial scheme

North American P-51B-1-NA 43-12102 United States Army Air Forces flying the OE-1 in theThese are 1 72 scale decals for North American P 51B 1 NA, serial 43 12102, United States Army Air Forces a uniquely significant airframe recognized as the first P 51 Mustang to receive a bubble canopy and one of the key prototypes that led directly to the definitive P 51D. By 1943, the P 51B was already proving itself one of the finest fighters of the war, but its framed "razorback" canopy imposed serious blind spot limitations on pilot visibility a