P-Screamers

[Jack Cook]

474th FG France 1945

Lt Lentz 94th FS landing in Tunisia April 1943.

Bombed out P-38F 71st FS N. Africa 1943

P-38J 8th FG Lt Ken Ladd

P-38J Capt CB Head 44th FS Jan. 1944

Lt Cal Rudd's windshield after being hit by a Oscar in a head on pass 44th FS PI 1945. Without the armored glass it would have hit him between the eyes!

[tom d. friedman]

oooh man that would make me thank both god & the glass maker!!

[ww2John]

Thanks one more time Jack.

Question - on the black panel below the 20mm, what is the small round hole?

thanks, John

[Matt Gunsch]

Thanks one more time Jack.

Question - on the black panel below the 20mm, what is the small round hole?

thanks, John

gun camera

[Jack Cook]

I'm not sure if the gun camera in the nose would make it a earlier J model. Late J's and L's had the gun camera in the left wing pylon. Camera in the nose suffered greatly from the vibration of the guns firing and picture quality was very poor. Over to the experts.

[Chicoartist]

Speaking of gun cameras and P-38s, I've always wondered something that I've never seen addressed or even mentioned in all the books and articles I've read about that April 18, 1943 mission: why in the HEYALL didn't the Yamamoto intercept Lightnings carry gun camera film?!

It had to be a special deal where they didn't have film available at Guadalcanal at the time or something like that. Would have put things to bed before they became issues later . . .

Wade the Curious ...

[tom d. friedman]

excellent point chico artist!

[Jack Cook]

I don't think the y had any film.
I've never heard of any gun camera film from Guadalcanal or the Solomans ect.

[Rogue]

So how did the Ki-43 fair?