These walk-around photos were taken at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California in 2017, where the aircraft is displayed in its polished natural metal finish with yellow tail markings and nose art "Dolly." They show a North American P-51D Mustang, USAF serial 45-11582, civil registration N5441V, c/n 124-48335 — the longest privately-held P-51 Mustang under the same owner in history, in the collection of Planes of Fame since 1957. The P-51 Mustang was arguably the most capable Allied fighter of the Second World War, combining long range, high speed and exceptional manoeuvrability in a way that no other single-engine fighter of the era could match. Fitted from the B model onward with the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine built under licence by Packard, it transformed the strategic bombing campaign over Europe by providing bomber escorts that could accompany B-17s and B-29s all the way to their targets and back. More than 15,000 were built and the type remained in service with numerous air forces into the 1970s. This particular aircraft, a P-51D-30-NT built in Dallas, was delivered to the USAAF on 26 July 1945 — too late for combat — and went straight into storage at Kelly Field, San Antonio. It subsequently served with the 31st Fighter Group and several Air National Guard units before being acquired by Ed Maloney's Air Museum in 1957. Over the decades it has carried several names and paint schemes, including "Spam Can" — the affectionate nickname given by ace Walter "Bud" Mahurin — before being repainted as "Dolly" in 2013. It is the longest continuously privately-held Mustang ever recorded.