On 2014-10-04 20:17:12 +0000, John Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net said:

Orval Fairbairn wrote in newsrfairbairn-
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In article ,
Mitchell Holman wrote:

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Unless it is the Red Bull P-38, the lower cowls look like they belong on
a much earlier model P-38.


I was thinking the same thing, has more the intake of the F model
such as Glacier Girl.
IF it is the red Bull, P-38, its before they got their hands on it.and
still belonged to Lefty Gardner
the intakes on the top of booms are the old configuration, Red Bull changed
to the long intakes after the "crash" and rebuild..

Yup! That looks nothing like the P-38L with the pronounced nacelle
"chin" and the exposed turbo superchargers out on the booms.

This is a P-38L:



....and so is this;



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Regards,

Savageduck

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