hellcat and mustang

[nimrod.michaeli]

why wasn't he hellcat used in the European theater and why wasn't the mustang used in the pacific theater

 

[Colin1]

Michael
you submitted this thread a while back, alot of answers are already in there

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/polls/p-51-vs-hellcat-17716.html

 

[Doughboy]

The Hellcat did see a little service in the European Theatre....READ THE WHOLE PAGE!Hellcat: The F6F in World War II - Google Book Search

 

[renrich]

The Mustang was used in the Pacific. Mustangs escorted B29s over Japan quite extensively. Mustangs also served extensively in the CBI.

 

[davebender]

The U.S. Army Air Force did not get the P-51 program squared away until late 1943. I suspect that the entire production was desperately needed in Europe during 1944. When production caught up with demand they were deployed in the Pacific to places like Iwo Jima.

 

[Doughboy]

The Mustang was used in the Pacific. Mustangs escorted B29s over Japan quite extensively. Mustangs also served extensively in the CBI.

Ditto.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

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