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Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 10:15 am

Wow...criticlpost has a news reel on a flight of Hawaii P-40's! Looks like I can start back up on "building every pearl harbor P-40 model" now that some more aircraft numbers are known!

YAAAHOOOOOO!!! 8)

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... -formation

P.S. The B-17 is a B-17D model. The "D" model had cowl flaps. The "C" model didn't.

PSS. That was some snap roll in the 260 P-40! :shock: 8)

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 12:33 pm

Looks like Jerry Yagen and Stephen Grey will need to lock the tailwheels down if they want to maintain historical authenticity! :D

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 12:59 pm

That's awesome.

White spinners? I've never seen that before.

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 1:17 pm

Cool... thanks. :) 8)

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 2:15 pm

No guns mounted on th P-40s yet.

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 3:29 pm

Are you saying the white spinners means they are unarmed?

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 4:03 pm

Django wrote:Are you saying the white spinners means they are unarmed?


Some of the Hawaii based P-40's had white spinners. Not all of them.

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 4:14 pm

Skyraiderdriver wrote:
Django wrote:Are you saying the white spinners means they are unarmed?


Some of the Hawaii based P-40's had white spinners. Not all of them.


Agreed. There is very little know about the markings worn on Oahu based aircraft. I would suggest this reel is worth a lot to a PH historian like me. :D

I was once told most P-40's had the white spinner. But there were some without it too by Dec 7th. It makes studying and searching for how and why these markings were applied so much harder. :Hangman:

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 4:40 pm

Nathan, there are several other videos as well showing some great Hawaii P-40 footage. I've seen some real cool stuff I didn't know existed. Pearl harbor attack footage as well. Takes some time though to find it .. :D

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Tue May 24, 2011 6:44 pm

Here's some cool stuff for ya ...

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... n-standing

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... arl-Harbor

Some of your white nose P-40's

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... arl-Harbor

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... ion_runway

And more ....

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... -in-flight

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... ion_runway

And more ....

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... ds-in-view

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... low-passes

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... o-landings

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... -Rasmeusan

And then there's this guy ...

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... g-over-sea

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... on-airbase

That should do it for now Nathan ... I hope you like em, I did. :D

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Wed May 25, 2011 8:50 am

Django wrote:Are you saying the white spinners means they are unarmed?


No. Look at the closest a/c when it's in a bank. No .30 cal. barrels protruding from the wings.

Duane

Re: Pearl Harbor P-40 reel!!! no kidding! 18 of them!

Wed May 25, 2011 4:18 pm

No meatball in the star....wouldn't this be considerably after the attack?
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