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Thats a turbo charger and plumbing - P-38? Again guessing. The only 2 man US twin I could think of is a P-38 "Droop Snoot."
I agree about 128 total built. But there was other 2 seater version called "Pathfinder" with AN/APS-15 radar operator. Did you found any electronic eqipment?Yesterday I thought a "Droop Snoot" is a reconnaissance aircraft. Looked it up in a book today. So I read that it was a bomb leader for P38 used as a bomber. Could find out that Lockheed just converted 23 P38J's and built 100 conversation kits. This information is out of the "Yellow Series P-38J-L". So for me it looks like this aircraft was kind of rare.
Neither "Droop Snoot" nor "Pathfinder" have guns. Could you tell us what shells (especialy lenght and diameter) did you found? Typical american .50 cal gun has 12,7x99 mm shells or could be Hispano M2 20x110 mm cannon shells.I found some bullet shells too. Does anyone know if a "Droop Snoot" was equipped with guns at all? Think they needed the whole space for the Norden bomb sight and the second crew member.
Micdrow, I haven't heard about night Lightnings flying in Europe. IMO they were used on Pacific Theatre only!
Sounds suspiciousRead on different sites on the Internet that some "Droop Snoots" kept two .5 brownings on board because they didn't weight too much.
Sounds suspicious. Can you post some links to these sites? There are any pictures of this modification?