and! i'm told a P-38 lightning or as the germans called it the "fork tailed
devil" will be at the june meet at the mid atlantic air museum in reading
Pa.
chuck
-----Original Message-----
From Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. <macy at bbl.med.upenn.edu>
To: DLancer7676@cs.com <DLancer7676@cs.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>; Daniel1312@aol.com
<Daniel1312@aol.com>; PilotRob@webtv.net <PilotRob@webtv.net>
Date: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Bombers--The Lost Squadron--No LBC
>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>
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