"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
JStONGE123 wrote:

Why was the P-51 not used on aircraft carriers during WWII? Beside
the obvious no tail hook.....ect.

No tail hook. No extra heavy duty landing gear for carrier "landings". No
folding wing. No need.... the F6F was quite capable in its place.

And no round engine. Lots of good reasons why the USN preferred
air-cooled over liquid-cooled engines.

-Mike Marron