P-51 Mustang / Mary MaeProviding high altitude escort to B 17s and B 24s, they scored heavily over German interceptors and by war's end, P 51s had destroyed 4,950 enemy aircraft in the air, more than any other fighter in Europe. Mustangs served in nearly every combat zone, including the Pacific where they escorted B 29s to Japan from Iwo Jima. Between 1941 5, the AAF ordered 14,855 Mustangs (including A 36A dive bomber and F 6 photo recon versions), of which 7,956 were P