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Which 38 Is Which?


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Quite simply, I look up pictures of a P-38L, but I can't help but notice that the air intakes look different. Some are just gaped, others divided into thirds, and one intake was just two separate holes, though I believe that was a racing 38. Which is which? What variant has what intake, or any other visible differences?

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There were only two different intake setups across all of the mass-produced U.S. P-38 models. Prior to the J, they had the early setup. The J and L had the later setup. Anything else would be either a prototype or a post-war modification.

 

Not sure about the British "castrated" Lightning. They gutted the supercharger, so that might've had a different intake.

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^ British ones flew with C-series Allisons, so they did have lower prop line and different cowlings, but even these had almost the same, "early style" intakes like US ones.

 

Anyway, Echo is right - 3 holes is a standard setup for anything post H version. Anything else (Red Bull's Lightning being the most prominent exception I suppose) is a modification.

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Thanks guys. I would have put pictures up, but it's weird with Tapatalk. I just searched "P-38L" and went to images. Guess this is similar to when I search "P-51D Mustang" and a Ford Mustang comes up!

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