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Week-end build: P-36 Pearl Harbor
Bigrip74
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Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:08 PM UTC
Jean Luc: I noticed the star looking item in the wheel wells. Were they a buffer for the wheels not to bang the metal? I have not seen any photos of the wheel well on the P-36, and I do not remember seeing any in the P-40's wheel well.


Robert:
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Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 06:36 PM UTC
Hi Robert,

The star shaped items are canvas covers it seems. Whether they were used on Pearl Harbor P-36s or not I don't know. I suppose they were used to protect the inside of the wheel bays... I don't remember having seen a real picture of these canvases

Carl, nice story. There must have been many "side stories" like that during the attack...

Jean-Luc
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