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Originally Posted by Alvin
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Those are P-51 Mustangs before they became Mustangs as we know them. It was known as the A-36 Apache at the time and was mostly a ground attack plane.
It had the same Allison V-12 engine as the P-40 in the earlier picture.
The soon-to-be marriage of this American built and designed airframe with the British built and designed Rolls Royce-Merlin engine made it into arguably the best all around prop driven warplane in history..
P-51-B and -D models shown below... Notice that the intake scoop has moved from above to below the spinner with the engine change.
