In a message dated 1/28/02 10:06:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
M35products@aol.com writes:
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"Eager Beaver" >>
The Eager Beaver (M34) appears to have been named by Reo Motors, and suggests
that the vehicle, like the beaver, is equally at home in water or on
land...has a nifty logo too. One of these days I'll get a publisher.....
Related, I am reasonably certain the P-51 was named Mustang by the Brits, the
US War Department liked Apache, but that only stuck for the A-36 attack
variant.
The P-40 in British hands was the Kittyhawk, the US went with alternately
Warhawk and Tomahawk. Had some neat info on this from Curtiss, but I donated
it to a museum some years ago.
DD
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