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Old October 5th 07, 09:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
Robert Sveinson
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Default Essential and Dispensible WW2 aircraft.


"Scott M. Kozel" wrote in message
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The Amaurotean Capitalist wrote:

"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:

The Merlin-engined Mustang only became a part of USAAF procurement
policy by means of British agency, and the Mustang also only existed
to start with as a result of British agency.


You keep calling it a "Merlin-engined Mustang" while in fact those
built by NAA utilized a Packard built engine that was a modifification
of the Merlin design.


Could you list the modifications that Packard did to make it a *non-Merlin*?