On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:04:22 GMT, (The
Revolution Will Not Be Televised) wrote:

More
Packard Merlins were going into Hurricane Xs for delivery to the
Russians than into Kittyhawks or Mosquitos.

Actually, on second thoughts, I'm not sure about that. I don't
actually have any figures for Hurricane X/P-40F deliveries in 1941-42
beyond what went to the Middle East and general statements reserving
the Canadian Hurricanes for Russia. I'm not sure if the P-40F's came
out of the original British Packard Merlin allocation, but apparently
the US P-40's came out of the American allocation (3,000 vs 6,000 to
the British).

Gavin Bailey

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