P-38J Question

[perdue3]

Simple: What color were the superchargers? Brown, rusty brown? Any pics?

[Guppy35]

Looks to be a gunmetal black with dusty brown exhaust staining

[doright]

Looks like typical exhaust system rust color with a nice coating of tasty lead oxide.

[Ack-Ack]

The superchargers get extremely hot when in use and this causes the metal to turn a variety of colors.

[Spork]

God those are sexy

[CAP1]

akak and guppy.......great...and as spork said....sexy pictures. but i'm confused. a bloo p-38?

[Molsman]

akak and guppy.......great...and as spork said....sexy pictures. but i'm confused. a bloo p-38?

I assume that is supposed to be the all Black 38 for night op's but I could be wrong


link I found for black 38 skin

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/p38-5.jpg

[perdue3]

Thanks for the help. Couldnt find those pics anywhere.

[Guppy35]

akak and guppy.......great...and as spork said....sexy pictures. but i'm confused. a bloo p-38?

Recce P38.  Better known as the F5.  We've got up to 4 of em flying in DGS.  No guns, just cameras to get the strike photos

Here's Del's bird.  All three frames he's gotten the strike photos so far and made it home.  Hasn't fired a shot 

[cactuskooler]

Ahh give him a proper picture.

[Paladin3]

That is awesome. Wish we had a good reason for them in the MA.

[CAP1]

That is awesome. Wish we had a good reason for them in the MA.

 i can think of some darn good reasons for them in fso, although finding someone to volunteer to fly an unarmed bird may be hard.......

[Karnak]

For US PR birds, look at the Mosquito Mk XVI.  In US service it was the F-8 and we do have some skins for it as such.

[Dace]

For US PR birds, look at the Mosquito Mk XVI.  In US service it was the F-8 and we do have some skins for it as such.

They have an F8 mossie at WPAFM in Dayton. Pretty airplane it is.

[Paladin3]

I wondered what that skin was for on the mossie bomber