Flying into Hell: the RNZAF’s atomic Mustangs
Pilot’s death recalls flights whose purpose wasn’t revealed until years afterward.
RNZAF Mustang NZ2422 taxiing at Ohakea in 1953. Photo: Air Force Museum of New Zealand.
On October 15, 1953, at RNZAF Base Ohakea, station operations officer Sqn Ldr Allan George climbed into the cockpit of North American P-51 Mustang NZ2404 and taxied out for take-off.
Suspended from the pylons under the aircraft’s wings were cylindrical objects with holes at the front, the purpose
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