Creating the 'One-O-Wonder'

摘要

The Voodoo story goes back to the final years of World War Two, when the US Army Air Force foresaw the need for a long-range bomber escort fighter to replace the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang, with the weapons and performance to compete with jet-powered opposition. In 1945, Air Materiel Command issued an invitation to bid for the production of a long-range, multi-role fighter which could doubleasaground attack aircraft, envisaging a single-seat, heavily-armed machine with two engines, capable of 600mph, a combat range (fully loaded) of 900 statute miles and a service ceiling of 40,000ft.