Were 20mm Hispanos used on P-38's Reliable?

[secretone]

Most memoirs of the aerial ops in wwii seem to have been written by pilots or senior officers. I have read many of these and enjoyed them very much. But as an armchair historian, I would also be be very interested in reading the memoirs of maintenance personnel (techs and management) and intelligence types to learn more about real world problems such as this and how they were dealt with behind the scenes.

Pilots were very important people but they were just the tip of a very large spear.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by secretone

Most memoirs of the aerial ops in wwii seem to have been written by pilots or senior officers. I have read many of these and enjoyed them very much. But as an armchair historian, I would also be be very interested in reading the memoirs of maintenance personnel (techs and management) and intelligence types to learn more about real world problems such as this and how they were dealt with behind the scenes.

Pilots were very important people but they were just the tip of a very large spear.

Plenty of that sort of stuff about .. here is just a few ...

http://www.woodfieldpublishing.co.uk...en-uk/d76.html




On the subject of the P38 there is also kelly Johnson's biography:

[BadAim]

Funny, I've never read about any problems with the Hispano in the P-38, but I've read several times about problems with freezing at high altitudes in the Corsairs and the F6F's. I suspect that part of this is due to the much more temperate climate that these birds were flying in late in the war, and also the south pacific air war tended to be fought at lower altitudes.