Talk:North American A-36
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I came redirected from A-36 Apache, but this page names the plane "Invader" and says everybody called it a "Mustang" anyway. What about this name "Apache"? seems there should be a mention. [[217.132.5.41]]
- Apache was the initial semi-official US name for the XP-51 but it was quickly overtaken in use by the original RAF name of Mustang. Some sources confuse the Apache (Mustang) name with the A-36 and although the A-36 was allocated a name by the RAF, which was Invader, the British didn't subsequently order any. The A-36s used by the US in the Mediterranean were actually referred-to by the pilots themselves as 'Mustangs', although this would possibly have been technically incorrect.
- At the time the US didn't give its aircraft offical names - they were just referred-to by the designation, e.g., B-17, P-39 etc. Names like Flying Fortress and Airacobra were actually manufacturer's publicity names and these were often looked upon with some derision within the services themselves. It was only later that the US adopted the practice of giving aircraft 'official' names. In many cases, these names were just carried over from the British ones, e.g., Lightning, (P-38), Liberator (B-24) etc.
- This naming practice also applied to tanks and is the reason that so many US WW II tank types also have names originally applied by the British, e.g., Lee/Grant, Sherman, Stuart, etc.
- Ian Dunster 12:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "No Credits"?
The other reason is that the Mustang was still ill-considered by the USAAF and that no credits could be obtained for it. In the second paragraph of the article, the foregoing sentence appears. What does the statement "...no credits could be obtained for it" mean? Does this mean production allocation credit, priority or what? --TGC55 12:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Attempted to add specs (dims only) based on the NMUSAF page for this a/c but I don't know how to make it look "right" and to cite NMUSAF as the source. Help would be much appreciated
