👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️ This was my favorite WWII fighter when l was a boy. I must have built 20 plastic models of this plane. Love the video. Love the channel. God bless you and your family always.
Mr. Johnson, another expertly produced presentation. Even had a fact I never heard of or read about, the conversion of drop tanks to litter carriers. I think what comes to mind most when I think of the P-38 was the downing of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the longest intercept of the war. Everything came together. Between the intel to the skill of those 18 pilots to the P-38 itself, all under radio silence. And then once arriving on the scene, finding two " Betty " bombers instead of one. But they got both. Japan never won another battle in the Pacific after that. Take care and God Bless, Paul from Florida. P.S. The thing I miss the most about the pandemic is the airshows. I'm having withdrawals.
I love the P-38. IMHO the best fighter of WW-II. At the 12:00 point I was in that crowd at the Warhawk Museum. And the talk by the pilot after the airshow. It was most enlightening. Thanks for this very well produced video.
Thank you. This stuff is fun. Gets me up and going every morning. Hey -- your channel shows great enthusiasm, and your opening video is really engaging.
Nice one Fred, great photo of der Gabeschwantz Teufel. That Winter (Battle of the Bulge) in Europe was rugged. I noted one of the images from A-60 of the ramps being cleared at Beaumont-Sur-Ouse, with 386th BG Marauders in the background. My uncle, William H. Silcox flew 386th Marauders at that time there, and his scrapbook documents living in tents, chopping lots of firewood and cold weather scenes in abundance! Thanks for another excellent video presentation.
Since Lockheed did that red paint during the war, with a huge black-and-white YIPPEE painted on the underside of the wings, that would make a remarkable air show paint scheme today, with a historical precedent.
superbe vidéo!!!!! le P38 mon préféré,un look vraiment unique,en vol comme au sol!! mes beaux-parents vivaient en Normandie a l'époque,ils en ont vu beaucoup attaquer les convois allemands ,ils parlaient toujours des double-queue!!!!encore merci pour votre vidéo
They mention the counter-rotating engines. That seems like a no-brainer but I understand that the first P-38's delivered to England had both engines turning the same direction. Naturally, that was rejected.
Great video... When I was a kid I once took two p 40warhawk model kits and cut em up and made a p 38 look a like.... I don't have any pictures of it but I am thinking about doing that crazy concoction....again.... Crazy huh????... ( go ahead do it....) 😮❤ P38s
Really beautiful aircraft My father served with the 13th Air Corp and had a black and white picture of a P-38 landing. By the way what did they use for a chase plane . Great color photography.
The Merlin was A great engine. The P-38 was designed around the Allison with A Turbo/Super charger, It had a mechanical supercharger for first stage and A turbo charger for second stage. The Merlin 2 stage super charger was better than the Allison single stage super charger that it replaced in the Mustangs and P-40's but it wasn't better than the Super/Turbo charger Allison in the P-38. Also the P-38 Allison could have apposing rotating props. You couldn't do that with the Merlin's. And the P-38 was a very successful aircraft and was a favorite amongst the Pilots that flew it.
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I think it was one of the sweetest looking aircraft ever made. A real beauty.
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This was my favorite WWII fighter when l was a boy. I must have built 20 plastic models of this plane. Love the video. Love the channel. God bless you and your family always.
I built many over the years, also! Beautiful aircraft!
Yes it is!
And thank you, as always, for watching and commenting. First P-38 I saw was a civilian photo mapper when I was probably 15. Made a lasting impression.
@@airailimages I have seen the restored ones at air shows. Man are they beautiful! ♥️♥️ That aircraft!
Mr. Johnson, another expertly produced presentation. Even had a fact I never heard of or read about, the conversion of drop tanks to litter carriers. I think what comes to mind most when I think of the P-38 was the downing of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the longest intercept of the war. Everything came together. Between the intel to the skill of those 18 pilots to the P-38 itself, all under radio silence. And then once arriving on the scene, finding two " Betty " bombers instead of one. But they got both. Japan never won another battle in the Pacific after that. Take care and God Bless, Paul from Florida. P.S. The thing I miss the most about the pandemic is the airshows. I'm having withdrawals.
Hey Paul, always good to hear from you. Looks like my return to air shows will be Oshkosh late this July. Yes, it's been an unusual time.
@@airailimages Cool, bring back lots of pictures.
Will do!
Felt as if I was watching Martin Caidin's "Fork-Tailed Devil" on my monitor. EXCELLENT presentation!!!
Thank you very much. We really enjoy making this ongoing series, and it is good to hear from viewers who enjoy the videos.
Everyone's a Samurai, until the P38's show up......
Yes sir!
I love the P-38. IMHO the best fighter of WW-II. At the 12:00 point I was in that crowd at the Warhawk Museum. And the talk by the pilot after the airshow. It was most enlightening.
Thanks for this very well produced video.
You are always welcome! Glad you were there for Warbird Roundup.
Wow, you do have some great footage of the P-38 Lightning ✔︎
Thank you. This stuff is fun. Gets me up and going every morning. Hey -- your channel shows great enthusiasm, and your opening video is really engaging.
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
Nice one Fred, great photo of der Gabeschwantz Teufel. That Winter (Battle of the Bulge) in Europe was rugged. I noted one of the images from A-60 of the ramps being cleared at Beaumont-Sur-Ouse, with 386th BG Marauders in the background. My uncle, William H. Silcox flew 386th Marauders at that time there, and his scrapbook documents living in tents, chopping lots of firewood and cold weather scenes in abundance! Thanks for another excellent video presentation.
Brian, you are always welcome. That's really neat to have your uncle's scrapbook from that time and place.
Absolutely badass
Thanks for watching and commenting. It is appreciated.
The Forked Tailed Devil. Love the red one.
I mean, I guess that one's nice?
Since Lockheed did that red paint during the war, with a huge black-and-white YIPPEE painted on the underside of the wings, that would make a remarkable air show paint scheme today, with a historical precedent.
Very good presentation. Thank you for the big effort to produce this.
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting.
This is a top notch video!
Glad you like it. Thanks.
superbe vidéo!!!!! le P38 mon préféré,un look vraiment unique,en vol comme au sol!!
mes beaux-parents vivaient en Normandie a l'époque,ils en ont vu beaucoup attaquer
les convois allemands ,ils parlaient toujours des double-queue!!!!encore merci pour votre vidéo
C'est une histoire intéressante à propos de votre famille en Normandie voyant des P-38. Merci, comme toujours, d'avoir regardé et commenté.
This was a very enjoyable video on the P-38.
Thank you very much.
Great video, very interesting, thanx a lot!
You are welcome!
They mention the counter-rotating engines. That seems like a no-brainer but I understand that the first P-38's delivered to England had both engines turning the same direction. Naturally, that was rejected.
Great video...
When I was a kid I once took two
p 40warhawk model kits and cut em up and made a
p 38 look a like....
I don't have any pictures of it but I am thinking about doing that crazy concoction....again....
Crazy huh????...
( go ahead do it....)
😮❤ P38s
Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, there's something compelling about splicing two airframes into one...
@@airailimages And now we have all sorts of Flight sim programs that you can do what moderlers used to do..
And you can FLY THEM!!!
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Really beautiful aircraft My father served with the 13th Air Corp and had a black and white picture of a P-38 landing. By the way what did they use for a chase plane . Great color photography.
The air-to-air video was made from the tail gun position, with the end cap removed, on a B-25J. Thanks for watching!
outstanding, thank you
You're very welcome!
Good stuff.
Thanks!
Funny how the Air Force in now going for multi roll aircraft. Just like the P-38 in WWII.
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Considering the tremendous success of the DeHavilland Mosquito with Merlin engines, why were they never put on these? We put Merlins in Mustangs …
The Merlin was A great engine. The P-38 was designed around the Allison with A Turbo/Super charger, It had a mechanical supercharger for first stage and A turbo charger for second stage. The Merlin 2 stage super charger was better than the Allison single stage super charger that it replaced in the Mustangs and P-40's but it wasn't better than the Super/Turbo charger Allison in the P-38. Also the P-38 Allison could have apposing rotating props. You couldn't do that with the Merlin's. And the P-38 was a very successful aircraft and was a favorite amongst the Pilots that flew it.