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According to David Muir's excellent "Southern Cross Mustangs", in early 1945 the NZ Govt "...approached the Munitions Assignment Committee (Air) (MAC(Air)) in America seeking an allocation of 167 aircraft for delivery in 1945 with a further 203 for delivery in the first half of 1946. MAC(Air) assigned a batch of 30 Dallas built P51D-25-NTs with the balance to be made up Packard Merlin V-1650-9A engined P51M-1-NTs...the first group were in transit...when the conflict ended. The aircraft were suddenly very much surplus to New Zealand's needs and despite attempts to not accept them; they were handed over in late August/early September 1945, the remainder that had been allocated were cancelled along with the entire M model programme."

<blockquote data-quote="GTX" data-source="post: 296073" data-attributes="member: 94">According to David Muir's excellent &quot;<a href="https://www.redroomodels.com/red-roo/southern-cross-mustangs/" target="_blank">Southern Cross Mustangs</a>&quot;, in early 1945 the NZ Govt &quot;...approached the Munitions Assignment Committee (Air) (MAC(Air)) in America seeking an allocation of 167 aircraft for delivery in 1945 with a further 203 for delivery in the first half of 1946.&nbsp; MAC(Air) assigned a batch of 30 Dallas built P51D-25-NTs with the balance to be made up Packard Merlin V-1650-9A engined P51M-1-NTs...the first group were in transit...when the conflict ended.&nbsp; The aircraft were suddenly very much surplus to New Zealand's needs and despite attempts to not accept them; they were handed over in late August/early September 1945,&nbsp; the remainder that had been allocated were cancelled along with the entire M model programme.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GTX, post: 296073, member: 94"] According to David Muir's excellent "[url=https://www.redroomodels.com/red-roo/southern-cross-mustangs/]Southern Cross Mustangs[/url]", in early 1945 the NZ Govt "...approached the Munitions Assignment Committee (Air) (MAC(Air)) in America seeking an allocation of 167 aircraft for delivery in 1945 with a further 203 for delivery in the first half of 1946. MAC(Air) assigned a batch of 30 Dallas built P51D-25-NTs with the balance to be made up Packard Merlin V-1650-9A engined [b]P51M-1-NTs[/b]...the first group were in transit...when the conflict ended. The aircraft were suddenly very much surplus to New Zealand's needs and despite attempts to not accept them; they were handed over in late August/early September 1945, [b]the remainder that had been allocated were cancelled along with the entire M model programme.[/b]" [/QUOTE]

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