Supreme long range escort of the war - P-38L or P-47N? - Page 5 - Aircraft of World War II

evangilder · 11-14-2005, 11:55 PM

Hmm, I learned something today.

Good info there, thanks.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-16-2005, 01:10 PM

Yeap same here. Does anyone have any info on the Tail Warning Radar such as how accurate it was or failure to detect rates?

wmaxt · 11-16-2005, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Yeap same here. Does anyone have any info on the Tail Warning Radar such as how accurate it was or failure to detect rates?

My understanding of it is that it was very simple - an on/off switch and a light on the instrument panel. It worked to about 1,000 yards in a cone from the left boom. I think it did well to detect a persuer and probably very good at detecting someone in formation with you.

wmaxt

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-20-2005, 08:41 AM

Cool thanks.

plan_D · 11-20-2005, 12:35 PM

Some Mustangs had them too.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-20-2005, 12:44 PM

That I did not know either. Did not know much about the Tail Warning system in WW2.

plan_D · 11-20-2005, 01:06 PM

I'll have to find this little snippet from an article I have on a Mustang pilot, in it he complains about the system when in formation. But it was a life saver.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-20-2005, 01:33 PM

I can understand the formation thing. That would piss me off also, everytime some one in my formation came into the arch it would warn me! That would suck.

SUperflanker37 · 11-20-2005, 02:03 PM

I'm no expert myself.. both of those seem good for the role, but I think the P-51D is better for escorts.

DaveB.inVa · 11-20-2005, 02:09 PM

The P-47N had a tail warning radar as well. You can see the antenna for it on either side of the fillet ahead of the rudder.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-20-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SUperflanker37

I'm no expert myself.. both of those seem good for the role, but I think the P-51D is better for escorts.

The P-51D was a great escort fighter and nothing more. The P-47 especially the P-47N and M were better all around fighters than the P-51D and more versatile.

lesofprimus · 11-20-2005, 03:39 PM

Yep...

Gnomey · 11-20-2005, 04:57 PM

Very true Alder...

11-14-2005, 11:55 PM	#61
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 15,421	Hmm, I learned something today. Good info there, thanks. __________________ For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

11-16-2005, 01:10 PM	#62
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	Yeap same here. Does anyone have any info on the Tail Warning Radar such as how accurate it was or failure to detect rates? __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"

11-20-2005, 08:41 AM	#64
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	Cool thanks. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"

11-20-2005, 12:35 PM	#65
plan_D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11,978	Some Mustangs had them too. __________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club.

11-20-2005, 12:44 PM	#66
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	That I did not know either. Did not know much about the Tail Warning system in WW2. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"

11-20-2005, 01:06 PM	#67
plan_D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11,978	I'll have to find this little snippet from an article I have on a Mustang pilot, in it he complains about the system when in formation. But it was a life saver. __________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club.

11-20-2005, 01:33 PM	#68
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	I can understand the formation thing. That would piss me off also, everytime some one in my formation came into the arch it would warn me! That would suck. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"

11-20-2005, 02:03 PM	#69
SUperflanker37 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 29	I'm no expert myself.. both of those seem good for the role, but I think the P-51D is better for escorts. __________________ ---------------------------------

11-20-2005, 02:09 PM	#70
DaveB.inVa Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 224	The P-47N had a tail warning radar as well. You can see the antenna for it on either side of the fillet ahead of the rudder. __________________ Fighter pilots make movies.... Bomber pilots make history!

11-20-2005, 03:39 PM	#72
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11-20-2005, 04:57 PM	#73
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 16,540	Very true Alder... __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

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