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And on the horizon? Yes, the mighty P-75....

Well, perhaps the Bell P-63 Kingcobra, which didn't have the P-51's
performance, but did have the two stage supercharger that was originally
intended for the P-39, and might have performed well under combat
conditions. It was capagle of carrying two large external fuel tanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-63_Kingcobra

Brian

The 63 was in bad need of the Packard but it was denied it and it goes on to
be an also ran used primarily by the Soviet Union on the Lend Lease Program.

Just what the devil were those people thinking when they didn't produce more
Packard/merlins.