Navalized P-38 Lightning?

Was there a navalized version of the P-38 Lightning?

Or is it just wishful thinking?

Thanks.

Steven Wagner wrote:

Was there a navalized version of the P-38 Lightning?

Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook. Don't even think about
putting on the aft wing (I don't know what you call it). If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail as it dips down

Also the USN and the USAAF were fighting for resources. No way they
would share combat aircraft. Transports are another story.

Or is it just wishful thinking?

Yeap.



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In article , Jim Herring
wrote:

Steven Wagner wrote:

Was there a navalized version of the P-38 Lightning?

Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook. Don't even think about
putting on the aft wing (I don't know what you call it). If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail as it dips down

Also the USN and the USAAF were fighting for resources. No way they
would share combat aircraft. Transports are another story.

Or is it just wishful thinking?

Yeap.

Sorta.

Lockheed suggested a naval version of the P-38, arrestor hook and all,
but it never got past the paper stage.

And the USN *did* own a few photo recon P-38s, used from ground-based
runways only.

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From: Jim Herring

Steven Wagner wrote:

Was there a navalized version of the P-38 Lightning?

Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook. Don't even think about
putting on the aft wing (I don't know what you call it). If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail as it dips down

Also the USN and the USAAF were fighting for resources. No way they
would share combat aircraft. Transports are another story.


The Navy used B-25s. The Navy designation was PBJ-1.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

In article , Jim Herring wrote:
Steven Wagner wrote:

Was there a navalized version of the P-38 Lightning?

Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook. Don't even think about
putting on the aft wing (I don't know what you call it). If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail as it dips down

Actually, that's not an insuperable problem. Think De Havilland Sea
Vampire, Sea Venom and Sea Vixen..

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"Steven Wagner" wrote in message
nk.net...

Was there a navalized version of the P-38 Lightning?


No.



Or is it just wishful thinking?


What wish?

"Jim Herring" wrote in message
...

Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook. Don't even think
about putting on the aft wing (I don't know what you call it).


Horizontal stabilizer. If you know so little of aircraft that you don't
even know basis nomenclature how do you know the horizontal stabilizer is a
bad place for a tailhook?



If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail as it dips down


Placing it on the fuselage would put it near the main gear.



Also the USN and the USAAF were fighting for resources. No way they
would share combat aircraft. Transports are another story.


They navalized a P-51.

"B2431" wrote in message
...

The Navy used B-25s. The Navy designation was PBJ-1.


The Navy used many Army aircraft.

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
.. .

Lockheed suggested a naval version of the P-38, arrestor hook and all,
but it never got past the paper stage.


Never heard of such a thing. Have you got a reference for that?



And the USN *did* own a few photo recon P-38s, used from
ground-based runways only.


Yup. Ten F-5Bs acquired from the Army and designated FO-1.

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
.. .

Lockheed suggested a naval version of the P-38, arrestor hook and all,
but it never got past the paper stage.

Never heard of such a thing. Have you got a reference for that?

I've read about it in several books over the years, but here's a Web
site that mentions it:

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p38_19.html

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