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To: Inyokern
Laying in the belly of an unarmed plane shooting photos.!!!

This legendary aeroplane was widely used by US reconnaissance pilots during World War Two. The trimetrigon camera setup in the P-38 made it ideal for mapping, and was best illustrated on D-Day when several sweeps of P-38s covered the entire Normandy beach-head landings. The 'dicing' camera, installed in the aircraft's nose, was effectively used during the battle against V-weapons, when pilots flew as low as 15.2m (50ft) to photograph the launching sites.

P-38 'Lightning'

18 posted on 12/15/2004 10:54:13 PM PST by konaice
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To: konaice

Yes, that is the plane.

I guess they flew into enemy territory unarmed (not that the little armament of one plane would have made much difference).

I can't imagine what it must have been like in the belly of that thing.


20 posted on 12/15/2004 10:58:41 PM PST by Inyokern
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