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Outstanding and so beautiful! I love the nose art too!
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Nice picture. I reckon the polished metal surface added a bit to the top speed.
I often wonder if the concept of the P38 'heavy fighter' came from the Westland Whirlwind airframe that Britain passed on to America early in the war. It seems inconceivable that the Americans didn't take something from this advanced design.
I think its a shame that the Whirlwind was cancelled when the need for a daylight 'bomber destroyer' receded, and of course with the RAF mounting few daylight heavy bomber operations, the need for a long range bomber escort.
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The Whirlwind and P-38 are two RADICALLY different designs. I highly doubt there was any influence on the development between the two.
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Thank you for your comment. Although the final designs were different, the concept was similar and did you know that the Whirlwind was initially designed with a twin tail like the P38?
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You know your plane history thats for sure. Either way its such a beautiful design. The best planes in WWII came from collaboration and trading ideas (even in tanks for that matter).
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I agree. But thinking about it, it's likely that the P38 and Whirlwind were a shared concept developed in tandem. Although a Whirlwind airframe was sent to the States, it was probably too late to have influenced the design of the P38. But it's a shame when a superlative design of any sort gets binned before it can reach its full potential.
(Another example is the TSR2 of later years).
And of course a prime example of Anglo-American design collaboration is the Mustang (which was probably the best all round piston engine fighter of the war).
Don't know much about tanks though i'm afraid!
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Lol well I grew up on WWII books and shows so the tanks and fighters are both neat. Not as solid on the development of each tho. The Mustang was gorgeous and I also like the infamous "Jug" the Thunderbolt.
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Even after all of these years I still marvel at the engineering of the P-38
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The Forked Tail Devil I think the Japanese nicknamed them.
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It was actually the German pilots: "der Gabelschwanz Teufel"
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Ah ha. I couldn't remember.
I know the Japanese called the Beaufighter the Whispering Death.
Cheers.
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Actually, the Japanese called the P-38 "Two planes, one pilot", according to Wiki.
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It's OK. I don't use wiki as reference material!
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