On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:33:25 -0700, "Scott M. Kozel"
wrote:

Well, the British apparently didn't want to make the effort to fund
and build almost 15,000 Mustangs along with with over 16,000 units of
that engine designed for that aircraft. The U.S. did.

Only after the British pursuaded them to. Meanwhile the British did
consider assembling Mustangs in Britain and prioritising the supply of
Rolls-Royce Merlin 60-engines for them if two-stage Packard Merlins
were unavailable. This willigness to disrupt production and
procurement plans of their premier engine and aircraft type (the
Spitfire IX) demonstrated a considerably higher interest in the Merlin
Mustang than the USAAF originally had.

Gavin Bailey

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