Originally Posted by pebblemonkey

At the end of the war in Europe, the RAF took delivery of 600 Mustang IVs in India for use against the Japanese in Burma and beyond. However, Japan surrendered before these could be put to use, and most of these aircraft were scrapped.
Shame they must be still out there in Burma.

Most of the Pictures and text explain about mustang mk3s or B/C versions.
Only three RAF sqns got D/K Mk4s and by the look from the tables where they were based only for training (Aberdeenshire ) or evaluation possibly against V1 Missles (Essex).

Italy May 1945 i thought there was no fighting there by then????

All i was suggesting that the RAF/PAF/RCAF were equipped with the earlier MkIIIs or B/C version and not the later MK D.

Its a fair comment i`ll agree that the P-51 Had the range to beat the Spitfire, But then again the RAF Bombers didn`t need escorting to Berlin and Back, so increasing the Range on the Spitfire wasn`t needed.

By the look of it the RAF got the Mk4 just in time for them to be replaced by the Jets such as the Meteor etc.
Saves the USAAF flying them back to the USA to be scrapped.

Anyway i`ll stick with my Spitfire arguement.


Matt