Since I am a day behind in my email, you probably got this already but
the P-38 (a very cool plane IMHO) was never a bomber. The P stands for
Pursuit and it is a twin engined boom tailed fighter. Mostly used in
the Pacific and was the type responsible for the downing of Adm
Yamoto's transport late in the war.
Cool story about the saving of those planes anyway.
I was always a buff, never got to fly in one though.
Larry
On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 07:24 AM, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> While we are on the subject of bombers, just across the mountain from
> me, in
> Middlesboro, Kentucky is the P-38 Glacier Girl. I haven't been over
> (45-minute drive on Rural highways) to see her yet, but she is one of
> the fabled
> bombers that were forced to land in Greenland (I think) during the 2nd
> world war,
> and was found most recently under many feet of ice. She was extricated
> and
> brought to Middlesboro and was recondioned and recently flown. A
> great place to
> visit if you are into aircraft. Here is the link to her site online:
>
> <A HREF="http://thelostsquadron.com/";>The Lost Squadron Glacier Girl
> On-Line Museum</A>
>
> --David C.
>
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Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
question
and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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