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Old 12-14-2004, 01:53 AM   #91
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Omigosh! Are the two little pods where the people go? (It might seem to be an obvios 'Yes", but I'm just checking!)
Never knew it could be an ambulance!
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Old 12-14-2004, 03:18 AM   #92
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Great Pic GrG.....
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Old 12-14-2004, 08:23 AM   #93
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Old 12-14-2004, 12:13 PM   #94
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Yeah thats a nice pic GrG, havent seen any of the P-38 Ambulance before.
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Old 12-14-2004, 02:29 PM   #95
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were the pods heated??
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Old 12-14-2004, 03:26 PM   #96
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I would certainly hope so, as well as some armor plating as well.....
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Old 12-14-2004, 04:01 PM   #97
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And I hope the control "Jettison Droptanks" in the cockpit was also disabled, imagine the horror if he hit that by accident...
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Old 12-14-2004, 05:49 PM   #98
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And I hope the control "Jettison Droptanks" in the cockpit was also disabled, imagine the horror if he hit that by accident...
I read an account of a trip in one of those 'Pods' really just a drop tank with a door and a flat floor NO windows (I guess some did), locked from the outside. The guy said "Nothing could ever get him back in one".
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Old 12-14-2004, 06:37 PM   #99
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It must have been like being in your coffin.... brrr! No heating system available could stop you shivering at that thought.......
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This is a pretty good web page with good/knowledgable people - even if their as hard headded about their favorite planes as I am!
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Old 12-14-2004, 08:55 PM   #101
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Yes it is....
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I have never been in a war I have never been wounded but I'm not sure if I would get in that thing to go to the medical center...
Just think of the landing...
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Old 12-15-2004, 12:35 AM   #103
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Fast ambulances would be used in relatively secure areas so armor wasn't that crucial. Flights would not be at ultra-high altitudes so heat wouldn't be a crucial problem either. Also, the people being moved in these need serious medical attention ASAP. That being said, the choice of a quick, life-saving trip wins out over comfort. Both 165-gallon and 310-gallon tanks were modified for the purpose. The 310-gallon tanks could cramp two stretchers each.

I've seen a picture where the pods were put to a different use. A USMC camera man hitched a ride in one so he could get some footage of Corsairs making napalm runs.
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and yes we are rather passionate about each of our favourite planes, the lancaster of course being the best aircraft in all different roles.............
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Haven't we had this haggle before, between the Mossie vs Lightning ??...
- If we compute in the factor that the Mossie was also much cheaper to build, easier to repair and was built to either Bomber, Fighter and PR in it's basic form, and also it's firepower left the P-38 wanting, [I don't recall P-38's even carrying rockets, and if they did, it must've been late in the War, like their NF version], the Mossies did hold their own surprisingly well against more agile fighters...[y'know, win some, lose some, type of thing...] they had to combat, especially the Strike Wings, when attacked...

So naturally, I vote the Mosquito...

Also, I give credit to the Fw-190A's, they too were a special breed.....

Finally, both these aircraft were so good, they just have to build some more these days, Mossies from NZ, and Flugwerk in Germany has started the Fw-190A kitsets.......
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