TheMustangRider
Senior Airman
And even that did not prevent it of being zapped by a thunderbolt or two 
Good one meatloaf lol
Good one meatloaf lol
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Aviation myths that will not die
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All Fokker G1's at Bergen were distroyed in the suprise attack early in the morning may 10th 1940.
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Thorlifter
Captain
They have already been mentioned but the three that are the biggest to me are about the Tuskeegee Airmen never losing a bomber, the P-38 being the Fork Tailed Devil and the F4U being Whistling Death.
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Amelia Earhart is alive.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
To be honest, I have heard PTO vets refer to the P-38 as the fork-tail devil, but only Americans, never any Japanese.
GregP
Major
It wasn't the Japanese that were supposed to have referred to the P-38 as the Forked Tail Devil; it was the Germans ... and I haven't heard them do it either.
But, then again, I wasn't there and they well might have done so. Unless you were there, and in the German Luftwaffe at the time and KNOW one way or the other, it doesn't much matter because you don't know for sure. Neither do I.
But, then again, I wasn't there and they well might have done so. Unless you were there, and in the German Luftwaffe at the time and KNOW one way or the other, it doesn't much matter because you don't know for sure. Neither do I.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I was given a P-38 lapel pin when I was a child (late 1960's), by a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot (later U.S. Army Air Force), Pacific Theater, who flew them and referred to it as a "Fork Taled Devil"...this is why I'm familiar with the term.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Maybe they read Martin Cadin's book - he marketed the name!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
lmao Joe...I think that Cadin heard the expression from our guys and used it to spice up his tales
syscom3
Pacific Historian
How about "the Norden bombsite is so accurate, our bombardiers at 30,000ft can hit a pickle barrel with it.". Sort of runs along the lines of "accurate strategic day light bombing".
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
wasn't there also a legend that the Stuka pilots could hit a pickle barrel with a 750Kg bomb from a 90 degree dive?
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
What was that relatively recent comment, concerning bombing in Afghanistan? "Strategic bombing is very effective - the bombs are guaranteed to hit the ground".
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
LMAO Terry...now that has got to be a classic
Well there was a reasonable chance of hitting a fast moving light cruiser or ship or a stationary tank.
What's a pickle barrel anyway? Surely folks didn't store or ship 44 gallons of gherkins or dill pickles at a time?
Or even worse with helicopters, may not be so much of an issue in the original but those adapted for local markets (Dubbing?). In 60's/70's movies turbine-powered helicopers sounded like old sikorsky helicopters with radial engine, later almost all sounded like a UH-1.
Shortround6
Major General
Martin Caidin may have marketed the name but it appears in a WW II training manual or pilot's notes for the P-38. Unless he helped write the manual when he was 18 he didn't "invent" the name however much he may have used it.
The Incendinary ammunition used by the RAF was designed by de Wilde. Whereas their hand-made bullets could not be replicated , it was Aubrey Dixon who came up with the right combination of ingredients - the RAF kept the de Wilde ref to put the Germans off, and placate the 'de Wilde designers!
Yet, current writers still refer to the de Wilde ammo, not 'Dixon'.
Yet, current writers still refer to the de Wilde ammo, not 'Dixon'.
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
In the old days (*cough*) kosher pickles used to be shipped in wooden barrels that were usually placed near the cash register so that people would pick and buy. Became an ornament at some stores.
Airplane.
I posted that just so that no one would accuse me of going Off-Topic.
