![P-51 with a liquid rocket engine and rocket fuel drop tanks. It gave the Mustang an additional 100mph in speed for 1 minute. (Early 1945) : r/WeirdWings P-51 with a liquid rocket engine and rocket fuel drop tanks. It gave the Mustang an additional 100mph in speed for 1 minute. (Early 1945) : r/WeirdWings](https://i.redd.it/6sshuwdhwcm21.jpg)
P-51 with a liquid rocket engine and rocket fuel drop tanks. It gave the Mustang an additional 100mph in speed for 1 minute. (Early 1945) : r/WeirdWings
![Long range fuel tank from North American P-51B plane named Berlin Express which has flown from the US to appear at airshows in the UK. Duxford, Cambs Stock Photo - Alamy Long range fuel tank from North American P-51B plane named Berlin Express which has flown from the US to appear at airshows in the UK. Duxford, Cambs Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JGBKM5/long-range-fuel-tank-from-north-american-p-51b-plane-named-berlin-JGBKM5.jpg)
Long range fuel tank from North American P-51B plane named Berlin Express which has flown from the US to appear at airshows in the UK. Duxford, Cambs Stock Photo - Alamy
![How was the P-51 Mustang able to carry so much more fuel than other comparable sized fighter aircraft of the time? - Quora How was the P-51 Mustang able to carry so much more fuel than other comparable sized fighter aircraft of the time? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-145a9f00edd2f89cd87d349d1e112370.webp)
How was the P-51 Mustang able to carry so much more fuel than other comparable sized fighter aircraft of the time? - Quora
![Mustang vs. Corsair – Inside the U.S. Navy's 1944 Match-Up Between the Two Fighters - MilitaryHistoryNow.com Mustang vs. Corsair – Inside the U.S. Navy's 1944 Match-Up Between the Two Fighters - MilitaryHistoryNow.com](https://i0.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MustangCorsair.jpg?ssl=1)
Mustang vs. Corsair – Inside the U.S. Navy's 1944 Match-Up Between the Two Fighters - MilitaryHistoryNow.com
![Members of the ground crew of a Negro fighter squadron of the 15th U.S. Air Force in Italy place a loaded wing tank on a P-51 Mustang before the group takes off Members of the ground crew of a Negro fighter squadron of the 15th U.S. Air Force in Italy place a loaded wing tank on a P-51 Mustang before the group takes off](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W1GNW5/members-of-the-ground-crew-of-a-negro-fighter-squadron-of-the-15th-us-air-force-in-italy-place-a-loaded-wing-tank-on-a-p-51-mustang-before-the-group-takes-off-on-another-mission-escorting-bombers-over-enemy-targets-the-squadron-uses-the-auxiliary-fuel-tanks-for-long-distance-flights-ca-1941-ca-1945-scope-and-content-left-to-right-tsgt-charles-k-haynes-ssgt-james-a-sheppard-and-msgt-frank-bradley-W1GNW5.jpg)