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My "GUESS" is C - The Silver 23 (P-40), mainly because there were some Warhawks/Kittyhawks fitted with Packard Merlins.

My guess is P-40 Curtiss Warhawk.

Tom

Mal (Ozstatman) and Tom (Rocky46), I did my best to cause confusion by "supporting" links but both of you remained at the Packard wheel. Please find attached an abstract of the P-40 Warhawk manual, where it is called B-40 (click to enlarge). Don't be confused by the word "RESTRICTED". After that many years it is public domain.

For those of you who want to go the whole nine yards it follows "A very nice color documentary film on flight instruction for the P-40 Warhawk fighter plane." A YouTube commentator noted: "This is a P40F version with the Packard Merlin engine. The Allison versions had a air intake on top of the engine cowling."

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Very interesting - thanks for posting. Now my next problem is to get hold of a P-40!

Tom

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Tom,

In my limited research I found a comment that in 2012(?) a complete P-40, which had run out of fuel in 194x, was found in the western desert! So like all those old car barn finds, they are out there!

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Yes, they are out -> there.


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World's fastes fighter?

A - PACKARD-LePERE LUSAC 11
B - Verville-Packard R-1 Racer
C - Packard Voiture Legere
D - Mustang P-51
E - Bruce Lee

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I'll go out on a limb and opt for D - A Packard Merlin powered Mustang P-51

Mustang.
Tom

I see, its neck and neck between Australia and Norway. As a side note, I'm anything but sure if US fighter planes had been really the fastes at that time.

Now to the 3rd round. The fastes bomber is required.

A - Packard Brown Bomber
B - Mosquito with molded wooden fuselage
C - Boeing Death Angel
D - Douglas A-20 A
E - world record holder Packard LePere with Packard Liberty engine (attached below)

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Gerd,

The Wooden Wonder = B - Mosquito with molded wooden fuselage No doubt powered by Packard Merlins!