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Seems to me the French had at least one of EVERYTHING.
Resp:It was actually conceived as a means of "flash acceleration" in response to the Me262 threat.
There were two test aircraft, both were P-51D-25 airframes (44-73099 44-74050) and the rocket was an acid-aniline rocket motor that was fed by Red fuming nitric acid, carried in a special tank under the port wing and an aniline-alcohol mixture, carried in a tank under the starboard wing.
The fuel mixture was extremely volitile and could prove to be dangerous in a ground error and/or combat, plus the tests did not produce satisfactory results, so it never developed any further.
While that idea has merit, the P-51's rocket exhaust would have destroyed the carrier's hardwood deck.Resp:
The ME 262 reasoning makes sense. I was thinking it may have been to enhance launching from a carrier.
Resp:While that idea has merit, the P-51's rocket exhaust would have destroyed the carrier's hardwood deck.
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Resp:yep... the P-51C-10-NT ( another source : F-6C-10-NT ) delivered to G.R II/33 in July 1944. The appearance of her at the beginning of the 1945, Luxeuil airbase.