Meantime, the USAAF ordered a limited number of P-51s and P-51As as the Apache, a tentative name which was later cancelled. The original 1,150 hp Allison engine lacked performance at high altitude, and the RAF employed the early Mustangs on low-level armed tactical reconnaissance sorties. Production models reached the RAF in November 41 and these aircraft became known as Mustang Mk I (P-51) and Mk II (P-51A). The first flight of the prototype NA-73 occurred in October 40. One of the finest American fighter aircraft of World War II, the North American Mustang owed its origin to a RAF specification for a single-seat fighter to replace the Curtiss P-40s. The Machines CAC-built, North American Mustang Photographer: N/S, courtesy of Keith Meggs Keith Meggs : The CAC-built North American Mustang
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