Subdeacon Joe Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I was wondering what you were going to post about my ex-wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I was wondering what you were going to post about my ex-wife. She’s a widow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Mid Atlantic Air Museum is in the process of restoring a P-61 to flying status: http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_rest.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I was wondering what you were going to post about my ex-wife. 3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: She’s a widow? Perhaps she has uttered the phrase “You are dead to me!” in reference to our living and breathing Pard here?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 4:36 AM, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I was wondering what you were going to post about my ex-wife. ha, i was expecting a 1940- era Mauser P08 w black grips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 6:43 AM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: She’s a widow? She tended to kill (relationships) after mating. I was Target #1. Three more came in rapid succession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 The plane looks like a BIG P38!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 A late member of my veterans post, BGEN (ret) Mort Gordon was a P-61 RIO flying around Okinawa. At some point a number of officers were being transferred from one island to another aboard a Navy LST. A kamikaze hit the LST, sinking it, and throwing then Lt. Gordon into the water, wounding him slightly. He floated around for twelve hours or so before being picked up by another ship. When the annual dinner of the Colorado United Veterans Coalition was held, and the band played the various services' songs, he would stand for both the Air Force and Navy songs. He said he got his Purple Heart with the Navy! He had stayed in the Air Force and received his star. He was a great guy and is missed by our post! Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, Pards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Marvel Movie title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: She tended to kill (relationships) after mating. I was Target #1. Three more came in rapid succession. WOW. Was starting think you were a ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/28/2020 at 7:34 AM, Blackwater 53393 said: The plane looks like a BIG P38!! Before these Northrop P61 arrived in the Pacific, some P38s were adapted to the nightfighter role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I wonder how a night fight between a P61 Black Widow and a Heinkel HE219 Uhu would have turned out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, WOLFY said: Before these Northrop P61 arrived in the Pacific, some P38s were adapted to the nightfighter role. I knew that the P38s had been adapted for night fighting. It proved to be one of the most versatile airframes in WWII! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: I wonder how a night fight between a P61 Black Widow and a Heinkel HE219 Uhu would have turned out? Interesting question. My guess is it would come down the skill of pilot and crew. I’m also guessing that p61 radar was more advanced, giving a technical edge, if not aircraft performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 EEUW! I saw an one-incher today. Sorry if this was OT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 My grandfather flew B25s in N Africa and then transitioned to the P61. He said it had a glide ratio like a rock. I’ve always thought it was a terrific airplane. Four 20mm and four 50s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Why does that narrator talk so fast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Dad used to tell me about sitting at night outside the radio shack on his little LCI(g) with the radioman when they weren't on watch. They'd tune a set to the air liaison frequency and listen to the P-61's getting vectored toward an intercept of a Jap night intruder. A few minutes later there'd be a flash in the sky and a streak headed for the water. Then the Black Widow would be ready for the next customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 When they showed the guns going off in the dark, it looked really terrifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: EEUW! I saw an one-incher today. Sorry if this was OT! Not going there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Two of the coolest night firing images ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Eight .50's on the bottom one. Wonder if the top is a P-39 or a P-63? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: Eight .50's on the bottom one. Wonder if the top is a P-39 or a P-63? P39, they had 4 .30s mounted in the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 P-39. Twin fifties in the nose, wings and a 37mm cannon in the propeller hub - Q model. I'm thinking this image shows twin .30s in the nose and 50s in the wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 15 hours ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: Eight .50's on the bottom one. Wonder if the top is a P-39 or a P-63? With the red circle in the center of the star in the national insignia I'd say a P-39. Bottom one is a razorback jug for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 The P39s were armed with either a 20mm or a 37mm cannon firing through the propellor hub, 2 fifties above the cannon and 4 thirties in the wings. Later versions replaced the wing mounted 30s with a single 50 in a bulge under each wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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