AHC: The Flight of the Warmaster

I am still working on the Mers-El-Kebir timeline (aka The Man who Walked Away), but, having seen so many discussions about aviation, I have decided to throw in my idea.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to have the Miles M.20 emergency project fighter (see link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.20 )see active military service.
 
Pacific Theatre goes bad, the UK starts shipping lots of Merlin "power eggs" south while carpentry shops across Australia are requisitioned for national defense...
 
Good answer Simonbp. Also the Luftwaffe get too lucky bombing Spitfire and Hurricane factories and the RAF get worried enough to request the Miles M.20 as an emergency backup to plug the temporary supply shortage. Like the Defiant and the Whirlwind the Miles M.20 only enters limited service with number 11 Group, but is seen as potentially useful in backwaters like Egypt, Malta and Singapore. The legend is born ;).

Maybe also used as a catapult fighter and an advanced fighter trainer.
 
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