“CRAWLING DEATH.”
Der Kriechende Tod —“the Crawling Death” is the name given by the Germans to the Mustang, the American-built fighter plane used by the British Royal Air Force fo.r lowlevel attacks on Nazi transportation and communications in Europe. Every line, provision, and device in .this ship was built for high speeds at. low levels, and it flies so low that it appears to be crawling on the ground—if crawling can be applied to a plane which moves through the air at 400 miles an hour. Mustangs fly across the English Channel at waveton level, sometimes kicking up a wake with their propellers. They fly low to avoid radio detection and often complete their missions and are winging their way home before the enemy’s alarm system has sounded. The secret of the Mustang’s phenomenal performance is its stubby wing design. A new contour prevents turbulence and drag ft or developing in the denser air at sea levels.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 310, 11 October 1943, Page 4
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