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Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Raptor on October 14, 2007, 04:01:28 AM

Since everyone keeps insisting on calling the P38 a bomber...

(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/droopsnoot.jpg)
The Droop Snoot was equipped with a Plexiglas nose and an ultra-secret Norden bomb sight.  The bombardier was in the nose.

(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/pathfinder.jpg)
The Pathfinder was a P-38J (or L) modified with special ground-mapping radar and served as the lead plane for P-38 formations who were bombing through cloud-covered targets.  It could often pick out targets and checkpoints which would otherwise be obscured by weather.  The operator was housed in the forward part of the gondola with a large side window, but did not have any forward visibility, which a Droop Snoot bombardier would have.

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Shuffler on October 14, 2007, 09:30:10 AM

I opened my bomb doors and my landing gear came out :huh

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Spikes on October 14, 2007, 01:28:51 PM

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Originally posted by Shuffler
I opened my bomb doors and my landing gear came out :huh

:rofl

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Tac on October 14, 2007, 02:13:43 PM

Droop snoots were 38s built for the vertically impaired.

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Capt.Joe on October 14, 2007, 09:45:20 PM

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Originally posted by Tac
Droop snoots were 38s built for the vertically impaired.

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Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: clerick on October 14, 2007, 09:54:31 PM

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Originally posted by Tac
Droop snoots were 38s built for the vertically impaired.

They were built to ruin the looks of one of he sexiest aircraft ever penned on drafting paper.

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Rino on October 15, 2007, 03:01:03 AM

Do you have any pictures of the Lockheed P-38 Cruise Missile? :D

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Nilsen on October 15, 2007, 03:42:09 AM

If the bombardier farted he would hit the pilots face with amazing accuracy

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Gianlupo on October 15, 2007, 04:18:48 AM

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Originally posted by Shuffler
I opened my bomb doors and my landing gear came out :huh

Uhmmm..... are you Guppy, using Shuffler's account?

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: NHawk on October 15, 2007, 05:57:28 AM

Hmm...interesting that someone would call the 38 a bomber.

The other day we had someone calling the 110 a bomber too.

Seems like someone might need a few books to improve their knowledge about WWII planes.

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Nilsen on October 15, 2007, 06:09:15 AM

Maybe some should not take things that are beeing said too literally. ;)

I call Lala's and spixteens JUNK, but that does not mean the were outside the game ;)

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: Ack-Ack on October 15, 2007, 03:24:12 PM

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Originally posted by NHawk
Hmm...interesting that someone would call the 38 a bomber.

The other day we had someone calling the 110 a bomber too.

Seems like someone might need a few books to improve their knowledge about WWII planes.

It seems someone needs a few books on how to recognize sarcasm.


ack-ack

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: dedalos on October 15, 2007, 04:29:47 PM

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Originally posted by NHawk
Hmm...interesting that someone would call the 38 a bomber.

The other day we had someone calling the 110 a bomber too.

Seems like someone might need a few books to improve their knowledge about WWII planes.

Bah, its easy.  

1 engine = fighter
more than 1 engine = buff

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: SirLoin on October 15, 2007, 04:33:01 PM

p38 should be a perk bomber..like das Arado.

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: redman555 on October 15, 2007, 10:19:58 PM

that is pimp

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Post by: ColKLink on October 16, 2007, 07:03:55 AM

I call p-38 bombers, just get get a reaction from 38 pileits. Ive been shot down my many of these bombers, ...pawz comes to mind as a good p-38 bomber/fighter pile it. All in good fun, I even call my 190 a "run90"....i rarely run.

Title: P38 Bomber!
Post by: shooter1cac on October 17, 2007, 05:48:01 PM

If you'll look at the first pic..the 38 is sad because they gave it that ugly nose. Look at that frown on the nose. Poor baby. :(