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Re: Carrier Trials for P-51s and B-25s, 1943/44
As near as I can recall the only USAAF or USAF fighter that the US Navy ever bought was the F86E modification designated as FJ Fury series - simply because the Navy could not compete with the MiG in Korea and the F7 and F8 were downstream in development cycle.
I think the Carrier trials at Great Lakes were all about politics and at the end of the day, re-tooling logistics to accomodate the P-51 did not make a lot of sense to acquaire what was essentially a long range escort fighter that they didn't really need.
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