Photos of P-38L-5 "Tangerine" at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, OR on
6 Aug 2004.
These images were taken with a Sony digital camera.
[click on thumbnail photo to see it larger]
1. Main Fuselage, right side and guns.
2. 3/4 view of left side.
3. Under left wing. Note pitot tube and a slight deflection of the
aileron.
4. Main landing gear and an external tank.
5. Front gear.
6. Same as #5 but without flash.
7. Looking down the left boom.
8. Landing light, inset into the leading edge of the left wing.
9. Left tail and rudder.
10. Inner portion of the left engine nacelle. Note the polished oval
'mirror' as seen on the other P-38s (used to verify the nose gear position.)
11. Full 3/4 view of "Tangerine."
12. Nose gear.
13. Left pylon and external tank. On the P-38L, the left pylon
contained the gun camera.
14. Right pylon and tank, and inboard side of right engine nacelle.
15. Right propeller and scoops.
16. Right side.
17. Right side.
18. Close up of right external tank.
19. Close up of engine nacelle showing air scoops.
20. Cockpit.
21. Signage on left side of fuselage. Pilot indentification reads
LT.
E.C. ETHELL
and shows 5 kills.
Below it says
U.S. ARMY P-38L-5-LO
AIR FORCES SER. 44-27083
CREW WEIGHT 200 LBS
SERVICE THIS PLANE WITH
GRADE 100/130 OCTANE FUEL. IF NOT AVAIL-
ABLE T.O. NO. 06-5-1 WILL BE
CONSULTED FOR EMERGENCY
ACTION. SUITABLE FOR AEROMATICS
22. Right external tank. Note the shape of the taper at its rear.
23. Left aileron is down, as it would be for a right turn.
