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Re: P-51 Mustang & A-36 Apache
BTW - the A-36 was always Mustang (officially). The P-51-1-NA was briefly named by AAF Public Relations as Apache.
The telex from Dutch Kindelberger to AAFPRO of July 13, 1942 requested that AAF designate all NAA Pursuit of that type "Mustang". AAF complied and later in 1944 issued a complete list of official names of all AAF aircraft and the A-36 Mustang was on the list with every other P-51.
FWIIW, the prototype A-36 was modified from NA-83 AM 118 Mustang. It was less of a possible model change than the XP-51B (XP-78) vs NA-73 through NA-99.
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