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Re: Placing the Fairey Battle.
Yes, but the orders were placed long before then. The RAF were supplied with limited numbers of P-51B/C fighters from 1943, but priority was given to the 8thAF. I feel that this was the correct priority for the overall Allied cause, but it gives a misleading impression of a lower RAF interest in long-range fighters than actually was the case. The numbers of aircraft supplied to the RAF rose after D-Day, permitting the conversion of more squadrons to the P-51: there is a suggestion that some of these were 8th AF veterans but I don't think that has been verified.
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