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  1. Stephan Wilkinson

    Non-turboed P-61: Jack Northrop's idea or the Air Corps' demand?

    Zero answers after 250-odd views at WIX, so maybe you folks can help... I have read that the idea of putting supercharged but non-turbocharged engines on the P-61 was Jack Northrop's idea (presumably to save the weight and space of the turbos and their big intercoolers), and I have read that...
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