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.
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Navy serial no. 57985, as it is to be delivered to the Navy...This preliminary manual will not be revised but will be superseded by…
On front cover: "November, 1929" and "Issued by Engineering Department."
"Manufactured for United States Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics." -- t.p.
Report number 6545.
Dated May 13, 1943.
Includes alphabetical index.
Summary: "This manual has been prepared as an aid to flight and ground personnel who operate p-51A airplanes." - Introduction.