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rpeck350

Re: If P-51s were called razorbacks. At the LA symposium I asked Goebel, Davis, Ohr, Pisanos, and Candelaria if they ever heard that expression used for the P-51. All said, "no".
I presume you know that the P-47D up to at least the -22 were razorbacks. I know the P-47-25 was a bubble canopy as we ferried two of them from North Africa. Now for those discussing the P-47s, since not all P-47D models had the bubble canopy, they used the term razorback to distinguish which model they were talking about.
However, for the P-51, all P-51Ds had bubble canopies and anyone familiar with or operating P-51s knew immediately the difference between the B & C models and the D models so no one had to refer to a razorback to distinguish which bird they were referring to.
I hope that explains why none of us in combat used that term for the
P-51. I also believe after the war or for folks not familiar with the P-51 models, they may have used such a term. Just as I would not know the difference between a B-17D and the B-17E models, I might have had to refer to some characteristic of the one I was talking about.
Cordially, Art Fiedler