The P-51B Mustangs Arrive in England.
 

 
     
Off-loading P-51Bs from a cargo ship in Liverpool Docks, newly arrived from USA - 1943
Loading P-51B onto 'low-loader'
 
 

P-51Bs being transported by road from the docks to USAAF Base Area Depot (BAD) No. 2, Warton, Lancashire. There they were assembled, modified for operational use and flight tested. On 11th November, 1943 they were delivered to Greenham Common Air Base where the 354th Fighter Group were then stationed. Finally, on 13th November the 345th and their new P-51Bs were transferred to Boxted Air Base - Airfield No 12 - for active duty.
Note the barrage balloons overhead!

 
  Images From: "Target Berlin", Discovery.