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Dating anomaly

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There is a dating anomaly in Jones. The sequence of events presented runs:

  1. On 25 November 1941 the XP-52 was canceled in favor of the XP-59.
  2. On 3 October 1941 the XP-59A jet-powered project usurped the P-59 designation "already assigned to the defunct XP-59".

The anomaly is that the XP-59 project was apparently started a week or so after it was already "defunct". The resolution would seem to be either there is a mistaken date here, or that the XP-59 was a spurious project dreamed up solely as a cover story for the jet. Does anybody have access to a source which reveals the truth of the matter? — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:30, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]