Bangkok--22 Sep--Image ImpactProgram Title: P-51 MustangChannel: The History Channel on TrueVisions (A23) and (D48)Telecast date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Telecast Time: 9.00 p.m. On November 2, 1944, Capt. Donald Bryan leads a flight of P-51s escorting B-24 bombers to their target deep inside of Germany. He spots a huge gaggle of Me109s climbing up to attack the bombers. Bryan decides to head them off, thrusting his P-51 headlong into a massive enemy force. He breaks the enemy attack and claims five German fighters for himself. A historic “ace in a day” mission. On June 23, 1945, 2Lts Bob Scamara and Jack Scanlan take off from their base on Iwo Jima. They’re on a very long-range mission to strafe targets on the hostile mainland of Japan. Scamara and Scanlons flight is jumped by seventeen Zeroes of the 601st Kokutai, the most powerful air group operating in Central Japan. In a wild, vicious dogfight, Scamara will down three Zeroes and damage seven more, but not without loosing his wingman to enemy fire. And on April 7, 1945, pilot Richard Candelaria becomes one of the first Americans to face the jet menace. When the bombers that he’s tasked with protecting are bounced by German Me262 jet fighters, Candelaria dives into the attack. The Mustang is the fastest piston-driven fighter in the sky, but its performance cannot match the Me262’s. Candelaria pushes his P-51 to the limit and scores damaging hits…sending a German jet limping from the sky. But this is only the calm before the storm. 15 Me109s climb into the fight. Candelaria stays on the attack. As testament to the Mustang’s prowess, Candelaria sends four of the German fighters down in flames.