Changes

==The Pacific Theater==

==The Pacific Theater==

While the P-51 is most famous for its service in the European theater, several Mustang units served in Asia and the Pacific.  The first Mustangs in the theater were assigned to the [[China]]-[[Burma]]-[[India]] front in September 1943.  Mustangs also joined the fighting in the [[Philippines]] and central Pacific in 1945.  The highest scoring Mustang [[Flying ace|ace]] of the Pacific theater was Major John "Pappy" Herbst, who shot down 14 Japanese planes while flying the P-51 with the 74th Fighter Squadron at the CBI front, in addition to four kills in the P-40.<ref>''Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI'', by John Stanaway, Osprey Publishing, 1999</ref>

While the P-51 is most famous for its service in the European theater, several Mustang units served in Asia and the Pacific.  The first Mustangs in the theater were assigned to the [[China]]-[[Burma]]-[[India]] front in September 1943.  Mustangs also joined the fighting in the [[Philippines]] and central Pacific in 1945.  The highest scoring Mustang [[Flying ace|ace]] of the Pacific theater was Major John "Pappy" Herbst, who shot down 14 Japanese planes while flying the P-51 with the 74th Fighter Squadron at the CBI front.  Another notable Mustang pilot in the theater was [[Medal of Honor]] winner [[William Shomo]]<ref>''Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI'', by John Stanaway, Osprey Publishing, 1999</ref>

[[Image:P51-a.jpg|thumb|330px]]

[[Image:P51-a.jpg|thumb|330px]]