'Yippee'

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:03 pm

All

Does anyone have, or know where I can get a high resolution air2air photo of the all red P-38 'Yippee'??
Have tried the NMUSAF and they don't have one.

TIA
Dave

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

Dave,

Try Lockheed?

Lightning · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:06 pm **Posts:** 424

Hi Dave

Try John Stanaway or Michael O'Leary !

John has written several books on P-38/USAF History

Michael was author of Osprey book "PRODUCTION LINE TO FRONTLINE- LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING" (There was pics of Yippie in it)

Get Em Flying

Lightning

Alan Brooks · **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:45 pm

Hello Dave. Have you tried Sentry Magazine.... (Airpower/Wings?) In the mid 70's, then editor Warren Bodie was publishing his Skybolt series on the P-38. If I remember correctly, there were several beautiful, full color plates including the "YIPPEE" P-38. I do not know if these were Kodachrome slides that the magazine had purchased, or if they were from Warrens personal collection. Alan
http://www.wingsairpower.com/

hairy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:29 pm

DaveM2 wrote:

Have tried the NMUSAF and they don't have one.

TIA
Dave

Are they sure..............
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos ... &btnG.y=11

Its fairly low res on their website but surely they have it availiable in a high res on file somewhere or at least have the original that can be rescanned.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:36 pm

Found your email in my junk folder

Stupid junk folder :evil:

I don't have one but with check with a couple of friends who are
hardcore p-38 historians. :!:

DB2 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:45 pm

In the late 80s Flying magazine published a series of posters, one of which was of "Yippee" banking away from the camera plane.

The posters were huge, and if I remember correctly (I have the Yippee one somewhere) were of fairly good resolution. So, someone still has the original chrome/negative.

hairy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:59 pm

Here you go................

http://www.cloud9photography.us/sub-fp-002.html

5th & 6th photos down

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:18 am

Thanks guys.
Hairy, NMUSAF didn't have it in colour, and I wonder where the originals came from on the 'Cloud Nine ' Photography site.
Jack appreciate your asking.
Can't really approach Mr O'Leary or the other mags as I want to use it for ours!

Dave

hairy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:10 pm

Hi Dave, in Jeffery Ethell's Warbirds of World War II he has the same pictures as Cloud 9 and they are credited to Eric Miller/Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (page 33) and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (page 34), hope this helps a little more.

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:05 pm

Wonder if Lockheed know their photo is being sold for up to $675 :shock:

Dave

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

DaveM2 wrote:

Wonder if Lockheed know their photo is being sold for up to $675 :shock:

Why don't you ask them and find out, Dave? :wink:

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:45 pm

Mike

Will mention it in passing perhaps, but only after I have a copy from them or someone else :wink:

Dave

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:50 pm

Anybody know what became of Yippee?

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:50 pm

Chris

Subsequently assigned to the 431st Fighter Squadron of the 475th Fighter Group, with which unit it served until written off at the end of 1944.

Dave

BTW, have sourced a photo via Lockheed-Martin, thanks to Mr Grantham

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