The P-36s and P-40s had similarly strange gear with the wheels rotating to perpendicular (wheel sides face forward) before folding rearward instead of inward or outward. (this mechanism was a Boeing design iirc)
__________________
"A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II -