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    bolillo_loco's Avatar Banned
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    chimp, june 1944......I do not see any way possible considering deliveries only began that month. I misunderstood the question and I do not understand why a thread was started if that was the original question. the serial number I provided was what was printed in the book. I have grown tired of the topic and I am no longer willing to spend a few hours paging through a lot of books to find tid bits of information only to have it picked apart. I flicked around in the book and found the first encounter report that looked juicey and typed it in my post. I picked up 4 books and found 38L pics from 4 different fighter squads. bolillo throws hands in air and gives up....stick a fork in me im done.
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    Thanks to Chimp and Loco.

    Great stuff.
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    Thanks to bolillo_loco, and to everyone that provided information. It is appreciated.
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    any difference in real terms for us the players in the J vs L, if the J in question has dive breaks fitted?
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    Yes, because the J in the game is about fifteen miles per hour faster than the L, which is wrong.
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    Bolillo_Loco....ARE YOU STILL ON THIS FORUM BY CHANCE.? I NEED HELP ON A PARTICULAR P-38 AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE.
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    Ho-hum

    To bolillo-loco (or anyone out there)
    this is a longshot but i thought i'd put it out there. I saw an old post you had made on a ubisoft forum and you stated you had almost 40 books on the p-38 lightning.
    My brother-in-laws father, lt. James frederick, was shot down over montmerri france and was hidden by the french underground untill the liberation of france. This amazing story has come to light only within the last two years and we have uncovered tons of information of his experience during the war.
    Lt fredericks flew a model p-38j-15-lo serial number 42-104224. The plane had a black square on the tail and a f5 on the boom indicating the 474th fg, 428 fs.
    We have read the book the geyser gang and a book called "swat" by bob milligan. Bob was the ace that shot down the fw190 that had shot lt. Fredericks plane down during that dogfight on july 6th 1944. My brother in law scott frederick has talked to bob who is still remembers that day. Bob lives in wyoming. This dogfight was also mentioned in his book.
    Scott and i are current members of the 474th fg association and have had an outpouring of interest and support in gathering information about scott's fathers p-38.
    The name of lt. Fredericks p-38 was the "h0-hum". Yes, the same name as lt lloyd wensels p-38. I have talked to his daughters but they know of no relationship between the two pilots.
    The thing we lack the most is a picture of lt fredericks plane the "ho-hum" . It would also have the number 224 on it.
    I thought you having so many books on the p-38 you might come accross a picture of it. Any help would be so appreciated.
    Thanks so much
    phil
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