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Offline oboe

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Looking for info on P-38J "Down Beat"
« on: December 06, 2007, 01:48:36 PM »
Its an 80th FS P-38J that Dick Bong apparently had some stick time in.  I'm wondering what block it was from.
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Offline Guppy35

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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2007, 03:25:00 PM »
P38J-15 serial number 42-104012

Crew Chief Sam Scher

Bong flew it on April 1, 1944
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Offline Mus51

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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2007, 07:59:33 PM »
lol Guppy knows everything! Guppy
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Looking for info on P-38J "Down Beat"
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2007, 06:09:45 PM »
Guppy has had every piece of P-38 info known to man surgically implanted into his oversized cranium.
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Treize (pronounced 'trays')- because 'Treisprezece' is too long and even harder to pronounce.

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