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Title: lolz!
Post by: SkyRock on December 12, 2007, 10:07:59 AM
From the get go, the 474th was configured as a P-38 ground attack unit though they also provided bomber escort and level bombing using Norden equipped "Droop Snoops.":aok
Title: lolz!
Post by: MajIssue on December 12, 2007, 10:14:08 AM
this thread is doomed
Title: lolz!
Post by: Max on December 12, 2007, 10:29:38 AM
You two behave or you'll be sent to the corner :furious
Title: lolz!
Post by: SirLoin on December 12, 2007, 10:35:05 AM
P38's should have formation option.
Title: lolz!
Post by: hubsonfire on December 12, 2007, 10:40:12 AM
If it's got a steering wheel, it's a bomber.
Title: lolz!
Post by: Yknurd on December 12, 2007, 12:21:24 PM
sexiest damn bomber i've ever seen
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Post by: P47Gra on December 12, 2007, 12:43:32 PM
Why do we have to hash this over and over again.   If you want p38 formations then I want a JUG with that option too.  Skyrock you are dooomed.....lol

JUGMAN
Title: lolz!
Post by: MstWntd on December 12, 2007, 02:23:12 PM
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
If it's got a steering wheel, it's a bomber.


Pssst.
It's a 'Yoke', not a 'Steering wheel'.
;)
Title: lolz!
Post by: Guppy35 on December 12, 2007, 02:53:30 PM
What's wrong with my light bomber?  

Any of the 38 units that operated in the ground attack role at one time or another had Droop Snoots.  That includes the 8th AF 38s, 9th AF and the MTO 38 groups.

They sometimes were used with Jug or 51 groups too.

If you are nice I'll tell ya what happened to the last Droop Snoot in the 474th.  It's a good story :)
Title: This, right? :D
Post by: Octavius on December 12, 2007, 04:43:29 PM
(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/graveyard.jpg)
Title: lolz!
Post by: mtnman on December 12, 2007, 04:53:39 PM
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Originally posted by MstWntd
Pssst.
It's a 'Yoke', not a 'Steering wheel'.
;)


I just have to point out the obvious "freudian slip" here.  

The "yoke" connection to eggs is too strong to ignore.

Especially when you realize the slang term for bombs is "eggs".

So, you defend the P38 against a classification of bomber by causing us to think of P38's and bombs?

Another angle we should examine is the fact that eggs have yokes inside them, as do P38's.  Ever dropped an egg?  Ever seen a P38 dive-bomb?  Both events often end up with pieces of yoke spread all over the place...

MtnMan
Title: lolz!
Post by: hubsonfire on December 12, 2007, 05:46:50 PM
If it's not a steering wheel, then my Cherokee has a yoke in it, too.
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Post by: JB88 on December 12, 2007, 06:10:27 PM
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Originally posted by MajIssue
this thread is doomed


couldn't have said it better myself.

:cool:
Title: lolz!
Post by: morfiend on December 12, 2007, 06:20:06 PM
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Originally posted by mtnman
I just have to point out the obvious "freudian slip" here.  

The "yoke" connection to eggs is too strong to ignore.

Especially when you realize the slang term for bombs is "eggs".

So, you defend the P38 against a classification of bomber by causing us to think of P38's and bombs?

Another angle we should examine is the fact that eggs have yokes inside them, as do P38's.  Ever dropped an egg?  Ever seen a P38 dive-bomb?  Both events often end up with pieces of yoke spread all over the place...

MtnMan



   Now thats funny!!!!:rofl
Title: Re: This, right? :D
Post by: clerick on December 12, 2007, 07:12:20 PM
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Originally posted by Octavius
(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/graveyard.jpg)


:cry :cry :cry :cry :cry
Title: Re: This, right? :D
Post by: E25280 on December 12, 2007, 07:25:34 PM
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Originally posted by Octavius
(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/graveyard.jpg)
Corky's been busy . . .
Title: Re: This, right? :D
Post by: LancerVT on December 12, 2007, 09:25:29 PM
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Originally posted by Octavius
(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/graveyard.jpg)

Makes me cringe every time I see that picture. :(
Title: Re: This, right? :D
Post by: Masherbrum on December 12, 2007, 09:49:14 PM
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Originally posted by Octavius
(http://p38assn.org/images/p38s/graveyard.jpg)
That brings tears to my eyes.   Really.  That is truly a shame of epic proportions.
Title: lolz!
Post by: Rollins on December 12, 2007, 10:15:06 PM
^^^^
Seconded.  Horrible to see that.
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Post by: Widewing on December 12, 2007, 10:54:33 PM
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Originally posted by EndofSilence
^^^^
Seconded.  Horrible to see that.


Yes very sad. However, it was less expensive to scrap them than to prep the planes and ship them home. 5 minutes after Japan surrendered, money became the primary issue....

My regards,

Widewing
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Post by: Furball on December 13, 2007, 02:26:03 AM
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
If it's not a steering wheel, then my Cherokee has a yoke in it, too.


Your Cherokee is probably a better fighter than the 38 too.  It even has the right amount of engines.
Title: lolz!
Post by: ColKLink on December 13, 2007, 07:25:29 AM
now that was g-darn funny hub,....lmao:aok
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Post by: P47Gra on December 13, 2007, 08:43:15 AM
:huh :huh :huh

I knew this would happen.....All because of the 38.....BTW it is hard to see any aircraft in the bone yard.   My father saw a line of F-105's rotting in the desert.  I have never seen him more upset.  Two tours in Nam in a Thud and live to tell about it, you tend to fall in love with an aircraft.

JUGMAN
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Post by: Fianna on December 13, 2007, 11:35:02 AM
Weren't we (the 474th) the top scoring allied group during DGS? Or at least one of the top ones?