Dated July 15, 1944.
"This preliminary manual is based on the model XF8B-1 second flight airplane, BAC no. 8485, Navy serial no. 57985, as it is to be delivered to the Navy...This preliminary manual will not be revised but will be superseded by…
D-5850. No date, but copy 1 is stamped Sep 28, 1945 and is issue no. 52. Copy 2 has "Editors' copy" handwritten on title page. This manual supersedes BAC preliminary manual no. 8485 as referenced in MANACT.B65.XF8B-1.1.