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eze240 wrote:No complaints or anything, just noticed this:
About midway down, a picture marked as "P-40B, canopy with some known fella sitting in the cockpit".
The plane has stenciled on it: "langley field, Va, US Army P-36A, Air corps Serial no 38-102".
Great set of pictures!
Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:17 pm
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Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:48 pm
Shawn M wrote:The difference between early and late p-38s is the hinging of the top section.
Early ones hinged to the side, late were hinged at the rear.
Great thread!
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Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:48 pm
Mark Allen M wrote:eze240 wrote:No complaints or anything, just noticed this:
About midway down, a picture marked as "P-40B, canopy with some known fella sitting in the cockpit".
The plane has stenciled on it: "Langley field, Va, US Army P-36A, Air corps Serial no 38-102".
Great set of pictures!
Whoops! correct you are and correct I'm not (I actually knew that too) of course that's Charles Lindbergh sitting there![]()
Thx for the correction.
(38-)102 to Hawaii with 45th PS. Destroyed Dec 7, 1941.
Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:51 pm
Mark Allen M wrote:Part 4
More Canopy madness ...
F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-45 Atlantic City NJ (one of dad's old birds)