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The F-82: Two P-51 Mustangs Bolted Together
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The F-82 Twin Mustang, made by essentially bolting two P-51s together, was an usual aircraft that was designed to protect B-29 Bombers on long range bombing runs against Japan during the Second World War. The F-82 did not see service in the Second World War but was very effective in the opening stages of the Korean War, which is covered in our episode "Propellers to Jets: The Korean War Dogfights That Changed Air Combat Forever" Follow The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel.
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The F-82 Twin Mustang is an unusual
creation, designed to serve a specific
purpose during the Second World War.
Although the P-51 Mustang gained a
reputation as an outstanding long-range
fighter, it did not have the range to
traverse the vast distances of the
Pacific theater.
With an invasion of Japan seemingly
imminent in 1945,
the United States needed an even
longer-range fighter, which could escort
B-29 heavy bomber raids on the Japanese
homeland.
The father of the P-51, engineer Edgar
Schmued, decided the best solution would
be to combine the two XP-51F Mustang
fuselages into a single airframe.
>> The F-82 Twin Mustang is a very
strange-looking plane, very unusual, and
in fact, you might think it looks like
two planes bolted together at the wings
and flying in parallel,
which it kind of was.