does anyone know anything about this pic or have any details of the raft the aircraft is on ?
cheers paul
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p38 river raft
ludwig113
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 05:39 AM UTC
hi all,
does anyone know anything about this pic or have any details of the raft the aircraft is on ?
cheers paul
does anyone know anything about this pic or have any details of the raft the aircraft is on ?
cheers paul
phantom_phanatic309
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 06:10 AM UTC
Now that's something you don't see everyday!
I'm guessing that its somewhere in the south pacific and its being moved to a new home. Perhaps a suitable airfield for it to land safely on is not ready yet.
The raft is two DUKW's lashed together with tubing, with planks lashed to those that the P-38 is resting on.
It would make a great diorama!
I'm guessing that its somewhere in the south pacific and its being moved to a new home. Perhaps a suitable airfield for it to land safely on is not ready yet.
The raft is two DUKW's lashed together with tubing, with planks lashed to those that the P-38 is resting on.
It would make a great diorama!
ludwig113
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 06:26 AM UTC
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It would make a great diorama!
just what i was thinking
someone suggested it may have been craned off a liberty ship or transport and used this to get to shore...
i'm not a p38 expert but it looks like an early model to me?
cheers paul
phantom_phanatic309
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 10:06 AM UTC
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It would make a great diorama!
just what i was thinking
someone suggested it may have been craned off a liberty ship or transport and used this to get to shore...
i'm not a p38 expert but it looks like an early model to me?
cheers paul
Nor me, but it looks like a D or E. Not sure who makes a decent one in kit form. There is the Airfix but I remember it needs a lot of filler. 1/72 would be the best way to go about this, if only because of the availability of DUKW kits at that scale.
vanize
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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 01:01 AM UTC
I have seen similar pictures, and in those cases, it was to ferry an aircraft across a river (or sometimes lagoon) from where it was disembarked from a ship to where the airfield was. I know this was done at Guadalcanal for example, and the raft was eventually replaced by a pontoon bridge.
ludwig113
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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 02:12 AM UTC
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I have seen similar pictures, and in those cases, it was to ferry an aircraft across a river (or sometimes lagoon) from where it was disembarked from a ship to where the airfield was. I know this was done at Guadalcanal for example, and the raft was eventually replaced by a pontoon bridge.
thanks for the info
Antoni
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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 08:43 PM UTC
In the Pacific aircraft were transported on the decks of jeep carriers.
USS Kalinin Bay
Saipan Feb 1945
The 318 FG, in June 1944, was shipped from Hawaii to Saipan and flew off the deck of the carrier.
USS Kalinin Bay
Saipan Feb 1945
The 318 FG, in June 1944, was shipped from Hawaii to Saipan and flew off the deck of the carrier.
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