p82

[warphoenix]

the p82 twin mustang its a whole lot better than the p51 even if it does have 2 cockpits it hase 6 .50 in mg and 25 rockets tell me what you think about the idea (I don't know how to post a image so can some one do it for me)

[Enker]

What video game have you been playing? Is it that Secret Weapons Over Normandy? I swear, LucasArts really dropped the ball on that series, taking time away from the next Rogue Squadron.







But really, which video game is it? Because, I have read absolutely nothing about it being used in World War II.

[warphoenix]

What video game have you been playing? Is it that Secret Weapons Over Normandy? I swear, LucasArts really dropped the ball on that series, taking time away from the next Rogue Squadron.







But really, which video game is it? Because, I have read absolutely nothing about it being used in World War II.

no game my great uncle flew one in late late waorld war 2 he was downed 2 days before japan surrendered

[AWwrgwy]

no game my great uncle flew one in late late waorld war 2 he was downed 2 days before japan surrendered

Uhhhh, yeah.....


wrongway

[Bronk]

no game my great uncle flew one in late late waorld war 2 he was downed 2 days before japan surrendered

IIRC It was introduced in 1946. (Yup quick google confirms.) So kind of hard to fly one late in the war that ended in 1945.

[Enker]

According to Wikipedia:

Although some P-82B airframes were completed before the end of World War II, most remained at the North American factory in California waiting for engines until 1946. As a result, none saw service during the war.

There is nothing about the Twin Mustang in Martin W. Bowman's USAAF Handbook, years 1939-1945, and according to Strategic Air Command: People, Aircraft, and Missiles, edited by Norman Polmar, SAC got the F-82 in ~1948, three years after World War II ended.

Therefore, I'm going to call BS. Unless you are willing to share his unit and/or an AAR that specifically states that he was shot down in a P-82, other people will call BS as well.

[Treize69]

This is why we wear boots- to aid in wading through the... oh, nevermind.

[gyrene81]

no game my great uncle flew one in late late waorld war 2 he was downed 2 days before japan surrendered

Must have been a failed test flight in California...otherwise he saw as much WWII action in a P-82 as I did...ZERO.

[warphoenix]

Must have been a failed test flight in California...otherwise he saw as much WWII action in a P-82 as I did...ZERO.

yah they were testing how well the xp-82 could stand flack and he got hit directly with a flack shell his partner was killed instantly and he para chuted down

[stroker71]

yah they were testing how well the xp-82 could stand flack and he got hit directly with a flack shell his partner was killed instantly and he para chuted down

Hey you wana buy a bridge?  Got one for sale...cheap!

DuHasst

[Treize69]

yah they were testing how well the xp-82 could stand flack and he got hit directly with a flack shell his partner was killed instantly and he para chuted down

If he claims they were doing that stateside, he's full of crap. We never tested our own aircraft under live fire to see how well they could 'stand flak'. Thats moronic.

If he claims it happened over Japan, he's doubly full of crap. There were none in USAAF inventory for a year after the war, and we didn't let our manufacturers test aircraft in combat on their own.

So either you're full of it, or he is and you're incredibly gullible.

[Bronk]

yah they were testing how well the xp-82 could stand flack and he got hit directly with a flack shell his partner was killed instantly and he para chuted down

You are not making a good first impression here. You only get one chance at it. Screw it up and it will follow you till you leave.

Now do you wish to recant your statements or do you wish for the humiliation to begin?

Edit: The OP of this thread is pegging the Krusty meter BTW.

[5PointOh]

[onan]

 

My kids don't listen either

[Jayhawk]

Warphoenix, the best thing for you to do here is admit that this story is not true.  You will catch a lot less flack (and they aren't just testing it) if you just do that.