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Title: P38M?
Post by: -=Silo=- on July 05, 2000, 05:02:00 PM

Sorry guys, I'm not at home and dont have my books handy. Can someone tell me if the p-38M saw action in ww2.

If you can enlighten me, how much different was it from the L?



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-=Silo=-
AVG "Flying Tigers"
**WoOF!**

Title: P38M?
Post by: juzz on July 06, 2000, 01:43:00 AM

Clue: It had two seats.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

Title: P38M?
Post by: Citabria on July 06, 2000, 02:43:00 AM

sorry silo p-38L was the last of the breed to see action.

but used right its a great ride even against all the late war monsters in the ma

hell i have over 560 kills for 80 some deaths in the p-38L so it can't be as terribly modelled and hopelessly outclassed as I like to pretend it is.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

Title: P38M?
Post by: -=Silo=- on July 06, 2000, 08:26:00 AM

Thx for responding guys, but i am a retard  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
I was thinking of the F-5E or somthing like that. (reconnasance version of the 38L)

I was flipping through an aircraft markings book in Barnes and Noble and came across what seemed to be a P-38 with CAF markings (like the Flying Tigers) and really cool camo. I was thinking perhaps the next version (if there is one) of the 38... 38J??... could sport CAF camo schemes for an awesome CBI theatre once p-40b arrives  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)


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-=Silo=-
AVG "Flying Tigers"
**WoOF!**

Title: P38M?
Post by: fdiron on July 06, 2000, 02:38:00 PM

There was a version of the P38 with a green house nose and norden bomb site!  Thats what I want instead of an old mosquito.

Title: P38M?
Post by: Sn1p3r on July 06, 2000, 03:49:00 PM

Can't have a CBI theater w/o the B-25!!  .. Hitech's favorite bomber  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

Title: P38M?
Post by: Jigster on July 06, 2000, 09:46:00 PM

Hum. Isn't the P-38M the Pathfinder/Night Fighter variant?

- Jig

Title: P38M?
Post by: air_blues on July 06, 2000, 09:49:00 PM

The P-38M was developed as a night fighter.  It had an AN/APS-4 AI radar pod under its nose and was painted gloss black.  The war ended before the M's saw any action.

The Droop Snoot conversion kit converted a P-38J to a level bomber by replacing the armament in the nose with a bombardier compartment - complete with a Norden bombsight.  The AAF ordered 100 Droop Snoot conversion kits, although its not known how many P-38J's were actually converted.

The Droop Snoot did see action.  The first mission was by the 20th Fighter Group on April 10, 1944 against Gutersloh, Germany.

Reference:
P-38 Lighting in Action,
Aircraft Number 109,
Larry Davis
Squadron/Signal Publications
pg 45-55.
 

Title: P38M?
Post by: juzz on July 06, 2000, 10:48:00 PM

Lockheed P-38M (http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p38_16.html) Lightning

 (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p38-24.jpg)