 | Mossie nf vs He 219 nf| Aviation Discuss Mossie nf vs He 219 nf in the World War II - Aviation forums; i think the most amazing production facilities were the factories producing T-34s in russia, they could literally roll tanks ... |
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06-08-2004, 12:46 PM
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#61 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | i think the most amazing production facilities were the factories producing T-34s in russia, they could literally roll tanks straight out the factories into battle....................
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06-08-2004, 05:35 PM
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| That's one of the saddest aspects of the Lockheed Lightning, that come War's-end, they appear to have trashed them all...A real waste of a legendary fighter, even with the advent of the emerging jet-age, it still had much to give, and it never was further developed....Considering it was the highest scoring Zero-killer, the Lightning never got the prestige and chance to become a prolific Warbird like the Mustang, which I might add, ended up in a similar configuration as the P.82... -The main Lightning Factory was in Burbank, California, wasn't it ?... | |
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06-08-2004, 10:37 PM
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| That was the only Lightning plant until the Vega factory in Nashville started producing them shortly before the war (producing the grand total of 113). The 'low-mileage' Lightnings in the Pacific were nearly turned over to the South Korean Air Force where they might have been very handy 6 years later . . .
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06-09-2004, 03:33 AM
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Country: | Those T-34s rolling off the production line, going straight into battles didn't have the 'extras' like optics or radio. Not a tank I'd want to be fighting. Aiming by looking down the barrel isn't accurate.
And 16 hour shifts at 3/4 rations of what the British workers had. It's not impressive, it's slave labour.
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06-09-2004, 10:06 AM
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Country:  | small question, when did P-38 production begin and when did it enter service?
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06-09-2004, 10:32 AM
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| First flight of the XP-38 was on Jan. 27th, 1939. The YP-38 deliveries started in Sept. 1940. As near as I can tell, the first production P-38s started coming out in June 1941. I believe the first Lightnings into regular service were the D models which started production (and service almost immediately after) in Aug. 1941.
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06-09-2004, 10:35 AM
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Country: | ah right, thanks  i thought it was sometime around 1940, the lanc thought it was about 1938 and i was just wondering
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06-09-2004, 10:38 AM
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| It was being designed in 1938. The final set of requirements for the project were issued by the USAAC in Feb. 1937.
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06-09-2004, 10:40 AM
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Country: | i imagined that, but we was discussing when it first started being produced
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06-09-2004, 12:38 PM
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#70 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | but the USSAF didn't arive in England 'till 42, so it didn't see much sevise before then....................
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06-09-2004, 11:16 PM
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| Well, considering the US didn't enter the war until Dec. of '41, there wasn't that much service for anything to see.
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06-10-2004, 05:15 AM
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06-11-2004, 12:51 PM
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#73 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | sorry, the USSAF didn't arrive in England 'till august '42, so it didn't see much servise before then...............
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06-11-2004, 04:05 PM
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| Yeh, there was. A little place with little land called the Southwest Pacific. | |
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06-12-2004, 11:20 AM
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#75 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | so lets see, war in the pacific started december '41, P-38s flying many missions against the japs not much more than 6 moths later??
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