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Offline bozon

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« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2005, 05:58:25 AM »
the solution to P38 cold feet. USB heated slippers.
keep your feet warm while flying P38 in AH:

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Offline Martyn

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« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2005, 06:00:05 AM »
That's what I need! HTC genuine authentic P38 pilot furry slippers as used in WWII.   :rofl
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« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2005, 09:16:27 AM »
Cold weather injuries were a fact of life in the 8th airforce. The p38 was a notoriosly cold plane. P38 pilots said that the only thing that the powder blue electric suits kept warm was their backsides. I've also read that 110 crews would get very hot at low altitudes from greenhouse affect. It's probably a safe bet that me110 crews froze their tulips off at times also. Aircrews took blankets with them. One b17 tail gunner told how he went forward to get more blankets and flak blew the tailgunner position away.
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« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2005, 01:58:59 PM »
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High alt 38 gear, MTO style.  1st FG pilot in 44


zomg!!1!! TYE FITER PILUT!
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« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2005, 03:09:29 PM »
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High alt 38 gear, MTO style.  1st FG pilot in 44


Taking bets: Which BK shows up to the AH conn dressed like this thinking it's 'ok' cuse the chicks will dig it??
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« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2005, 03:52:38 PM »
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Rarely did fights occur below 15k. Below 15k was the almost exclusive realm of ground attack planes.

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From what I've read, most fights on the eastern front were below 15k. Germans sent out their 109's to pummel IL-2's, ruskies sent out there LaGG's and Yak's to shoot at the 109's that were pummeling the low-flying IL-2's :noid The western front, yeah, everything was up high.
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« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2005, 03:55:16 PM »
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Taking bets: Which BK shows up to the AH conn dressed like this thinking it's 'ok' cuse the chicks will dig it??
I'm not a BK, but I'd do it just to see what their reaction would be. That's a story in the making :aok
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« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2005, 04:03:54 PM »
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biggest problem was condensation


ah has super defrost :)
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« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2005, 12:00:49 AM »
You know the more of the finer details I learn about WWII Pilots, the more respect I have for them.....

Hey lets go some where, get shot at and freeze our arses off whilst doing it.....

Must take a hell of a man (or woman)  to do that.....
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« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2005, 12:03:47 AM »
and before someone makes a smart arse remark....

think about how hard it must have been to keep you SA up with tht mask on
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« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2005, 12:48:36 AM »
I asked a 1st FG 38 driver about the cold in the 38.  He said he'd take magazines and wrap them around his legs inside the pants to try and insulate against the cold.  He was flying early model F,G, Hs in combat.  My understanding is that they improved the cockpit heating in the later J and L.

A disadvantage of not having an engine roaring in front of the cockpit I guess
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« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2005, 01:06:55 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2005, 01:11:38 AM »
Notes Of a B24 Nose Gunner

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Mission #4
May 8-44
Plane N+ B-24-J
Brunswick, Germany !!
200 enemy pursuit planes. Heavy flak
P-47, P51, & P38 out numbered by Jerries.
52-100# incendiaries
2300 Gal.
5 Hrs 50 Min.
Lost twelve B-24,
Yarborough claimed F.W. 190
Graff pilot, first mission.
Pretty cold (35 deg.) below.


Pretty cold (35 deg.) below.
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« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2005, 01:38:14 AM »


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Offline Larry

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« Reply #29 on: December 09, 2005, 01:51:52 AM »
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Taking bets: Which BK shows up to the AH conn dressed like this thinking it's 'ok' cuse the chicks will dig it??


All of em sept itll be more like this



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