On the other hand, I love to fool folks by asking them to identify this:
On the other hand, I love to fool folks by asking them to identify this:
So why did they only build 500 North American A-36’s after its first flight in 1942?
A-36, I believe Bob Hoover bombed various and sundry in Italy with one.
That’s an A-36, which was a divebomber variant of the Mustang. Built because the AAF had no funding for a fighter version of North American’s brainchild, but did have funding for an attack version. They saw service in Italy. Allison engined, supercharging design left the breathless over 20,000 feet or so.