Subject: Night bombers interception in Western Europe in 1944
From: "Geoffrey Sinclair"
Date: 7/20/2004 2:24 AM Pacific Standard Time

As far as I am aware the use of P-38s on heavy bomber escort
missions in 1945 was very limited, what sort of information do
you have on the mission.

The only P-38's I ever saw in the ETO carried cameras for recon work. No
guns.They used to come in at our field at Florennes for gas.on thier way home.
Besides for the cost and labor to make a P-38 you could darn near make two
P-51's, so why bother?


Arthur Kramer
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