Germans had a B-17

[Morpheus]

[BlueJ1]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
There was a 38 near Italy that was captured, and piloted by an axis pilot that would pretend to escort a buff home.  They were always wounded, he would stick with them, and then after they got comfy, he'd light them up.  It worked a couple of times, he was lit up himself.

Karaya

Do you remember what book you read that in? I remember reading that,but not sure what book.

[Treize69]

"A single P-38G was captured intact by the Italians during the war when the pilot landed at an Italian base by mistake, and this Lightning was flown in combat against Allied aircraft, but this aircraft was quickly grounded due to lack of parts. Two Lightnings that were forced to land in Lisbon, Portugal, while on a ferry flight from England to Algeria were interned and operated by the Portugese, apparently with American blessing."

copied from http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avp38.html

And this http://ferdiepacheco.com/Renegade%20Lightning.htm may have led to some of the amazingly rediculous embellishments I've heard pop up.

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by BlueJ1
Do you remember what book you read that in? I remember reading that,but not sure what book.

Bet it was Martin Caiden's "Fork-Tailed Devil."  Unless there's a better source than that, I doubt the accuracy of the story.

- oldman

[Grendel]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
There was a 38 near Italy that was captured, and piloted by an axis pilot that would pretend to escort a buff home.  They were always wounded, he would stick with them, and then after they got comfy, he'd light them up.  It worked a couple of times, he was lit up himself.

Karaya

Urban myth. Martin Caidan made that up himself. History of the Italian P-38s is a  bit different and way less dramatic.