P-51 Mustang

Controlling the air proved key to controlling the ground. The long-range P-51 Mustang fighter was invaluable to the Allied victory, enabling resumption of strategic bombing after heavy losses suffered by unescorted bombers in 1943. Developed for export to Britain, models modified by the British to use Rolls-Royce Merlin engines became America’s most capable wartime fighters.

Source: North American P-51 Mustang | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (nationalww2museum.org)

Burned on a piece of wood scattered on a barn dirt floor.