 | Corsair vs Lightning| Aviation Discuss Corsair vs Lightning in the World War II - Aviation forums; The P-38 is also spread out making a single burst unlikly to do criticle damage to both engines and ... |
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10-30-2005, 01:33 PM
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| The P-38 is also spread out making a single burst unlikly to do criticle damage to both engines and their systems.
As for the robustnes of the various aircraft, I'm not sure how to accurately assess that. The 8th AF made a big deal about how badly the P-38 fared in the ETO and it turns out the real number was 451 P-38s Total. The numbers of P-38s lost were low (not much different that P-47s) and remember the P-38s were tacticle fighters as much as air to air in all theaters. The difference, if any, is not much.
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11-01-2005, 08:56 AM
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11-01-2005, 09:36 AM
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11-01-2005, 09:49 AM
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11-01-2005, 09:53 AM
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11-01-2005, 10:08 AM
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| There was another role that the P38 excelled at, and that was the recon version. Long range, high altitiude performance, fast, and nice big eqmt bay in the nose made for a perfect plane for this role.
I dont believe there was a Corsair version for dedicated recon.
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11-01-2005, 11:33 AM
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Country: | There was a F4U-5P that was a photoreconnaissance version, but I think there were only about 30 made, and after WWII. They were used in Korea a bit though.
The F-5 version of the P-38 was a superb photoreconnaissance aircraft though, I will agree with that.
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11-01-2005, 12:36 PM
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| I wonder if they had the recon camera's in a pod. I dont see much room in the airframe for a nice big camera.
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11-01-2005, 12:54 PM
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Country: | It is said that it had a unique rotating camera mount. I haven't seen a picture of it though.
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11-01-2005, 12:58 PM
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11-01-2005, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 I wonder if they had the recon camera's in a pod. I dont see much room in the airframe for a nice big camera. | The Corsair had a huge open area below and behind the pilot that could be used for cameras, ballast would be required up front. Until the -5 model they didn't even have a cockpit floor, just an open area about 3 feet deep. All tankage was foward of the cockpit with radio and oxygen tanks behind and a lot of open space.
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11-01-2005, 06:21 PM
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11-01-2005, 06:22 PM
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11-01-2005, 06:32 PM
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These are a couple of previews to my new website, coming soon.
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11-01-2005, 06:42 PM
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