North American P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang (1 Viewer)

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The F-82 was the last propeller-driven fighter acquired in quantity by the USAF. It appears to be two Mustang fuselages on one wing, but in reality it was a totally new design. Its purpose was to provide a fighter carrying a pilot and co-pilot/navigator to reduce fatigue on long-range bomber escort missions. A lot of photos this aircraft can be found in the link:

Aviação em Floripa: North American P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang
 
How effective would these have been had they saw long and regular wartime service?
 
My question is this...Who flew the plane? Which pilot?

Also how did the plane fly compared to the P51? Was it similar in flight or completely different?
 
Coincidentally, this month's AEROPLANE magazine has an 18 page database section on the twin mustang.

And from what I gather, in the night fighter version at least, it was flown from the left fuselage.
 
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The old Confederate Air Force (before political correctness) restored and flew the F-82, at Harlingen Texas, left as a display aircraft along with others by USAF . The USAF got their panties in a knot and took it back along with all of the other display aircraft.
 
The P-82's, equipped with the V-1650 Merlin engine, flew well but they built very few. The F-82's, equipped with the Allison V-1710 with an auxiliary supercharger, suffered from serious engine problems and the completed airframes, less engines, were trucked to the former Downey Vultee plant and parked for an extended period.
 

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