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Originally Posted by knusel
Hello drgondog,
hope you had a good Xmas Eve.
Thanks for the figures. So far, I had 5944 USAAF kills for the Mustang (5666 P51, 209 F-6 and 69 A-36). Which of your subtype scores differs by 4?
Best greetings from Switzerland,
Michael
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Michael - I separated mine by Merlin F6 vs Allison F6 and the transition from P-51, P-51A to P-51B/C F6B/C in ETO is as yet unclear in Q1 through Q3 1944. As of today, without going to source files to differentiate Allison Mustang VCs in ETO & MTO. To answer your question, I would first ask whether your source ties back to Olynyk/USAFHRC?
How have you differentiated F-6/F-6A from P-51A/F-6B?
As an aside, I had to do a deep dive on USAF 85 to plow through the transistion from MTO to ET0 in the Beaufighter to P-61 transition for other categories
Can you break out by theatre?
I agree 69 for A-36. I have 54 F-6 and P-51A with at least 26 to F-6A but there is an overlap of VC's with 118TRS. I'm uncertain whether the 23rd FG acquired the 118TRS intact with new F-6C or had some P-51A converted to F-6B. ( I attributed all Mustang VCs after July 1944 to Merlin column pending more digging into 118TRS reporting).
So
Allison P-51/F-6/A-36 is ETO (0) temporarily until I can sort out dates of transition in ETO, 73 (MTO), 54 (CBI), Pacific (0). The issue is that 67th and 10th flew with mixed F6B/F6C in Q1/Q2 and possibly Q3/1944. Throw the 68th TRG transition from MTO (where they flew mixed F6/F6A and transition to F6C). If you attribute ALL 10th, 67th and 68th TRG VCs to your category "F-6", I would have 129 as a first pass - but that is not a good assumption.
Your F6 number of 209 has to include F-6D in Pacific.
A-36 (2) & P-51A (52) CBI but I have not tried to sort F-6D from P-51D in Pacific.
So By Theatre - Total Mustang (AAF) - all types
ETO (4241), MTO (1062), CBI (347), Pacific (299)
Maybe send me a parsed Theatre by Threatre total?