Mossie nf vs He 219 nf

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think the most amazing production facilities were the factories producing T-34s in russia, they could literally roll tanks straight out the factories into battle....................

 

[Gemhorse]

That's one of the saddest aspects of the Lockheed Lightning, that come War's-end, they appear to have trashed them all...A real waste of a legendary fighter, even with the advent of the emerging jet-age, it still had much to give, and it never was further developed....Considering it was the highest scoring Zero-killer, the Lightning never got the prestige and chance to become a prolific Warbird like the Mustang, which I might add, ended up in a similar configuration as the P.82... -The main Lightning Factory was in Burbank, California, wasn't it ?...

 

[Lightning Guy]

That was the only Lightning plant until the Vega factory in Nashville started producing them shortly before the war (producing the grand total of 113). The 'low-mileage' Lightnings in the Pacific were nearly turned over to the South Korean Air Force where they might have been very handy 6 years later . . .

 

[plan_D]

Those T-34s rolling off the production line, going straight into battles didn't have the 'extras' like optics or radio. Not a tank I'd want to be fighting. Aiming by looking down the barrel isn't accurate.
And 16 hour shifts at 3/4 rations of what the British workers had. It's not impressive, it's slave labour.

 

[cheddar cheese]

small question, when did P-38 production begin and when did it enter service?

 

[Lightning Guy]

First flight of the XP-38 was on Jan. 27th, 1939. The YP-38 deliveries started in Sept. 1940. As near as I can tell, the first production P-38s started coming out in June 1941. I believe the first Lightnings into regular service were the D models which started production (and service almost immediately after) in Aug. 1941.

 

[cheddar cheese]

ah right, thanks 8) i thought it was sometime around 1940, the lanc thought it was about 1938 and i was just wondering 8)

 

[Lightning Guy]

It was being designed in 1938. The final set of requirements for the project were issued by the USAAC in Feb. 1937.

 

[cheddar cheese]

i imagined that, but we was discussing when it first started being produced 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but the USSAF didn't arive in England 'till 42, so it didn't see much sevise before then....................

 

[Lightning Guy]

Well, considering the US didn't enter the war until Dec. of '41, there wasn't that much service for anything to see.

 

[plan_D]

August 1942..I might add.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

sorry, the USSAF didn't arrive in England 'till august '42, so it didn't see much servise before then...............

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Yeh, there was. A little place with little land called the Southwest Pacific.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

so lets see, war in the pacific started december '41, P-38s flying many missions against the japs not much more than 6 moths later??

 

[Lightning Guy]

P-38s initially were intially rushed to the west coast due to the fears of a Japanese invasion and were not deployed overseas initially.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

exactily, so they didn't see any action during that period.............

 

[Lightning Guy]

Because they were considered too valuable to the defense of the American mainland. They were clearly the best fighter America had at the time and they were flying combat patrols during this time.

 

[Erich]

ah what happened to the Mossie vs the Uhu ?

 

[Gemhorse]

Yeah, seems everytime 'Mosquito' is mentioned, LG CC get an inferiority-complex and are compelled to start rabbiting-on about the bloody Lightning again...