[Alex Smart]

Hi,

Just checked the Lerche book and ref he never got to fly a P38. But he did note that around the time he flew the SM91 he never got the chance to fly the Luftwaffe's captured example of the P38 Lightning as it had crashed.

Question 1
Anyone got details of this crash , such as date,( around October 1943?) place, name of pilot, his fate, (did he survive the crash?)?

From AVIONS no: 72 page 8/9 has if my understanding is correct.
There were two (2) P38's coded as T9+MK.The second T9+MK was 44-23725.

Question 2
What was the first T9+MK' serial number ?

Another P38 was coded T9+XB , this was 42-68274.
Question 3
Was this the ex Italian a/c used by Tondi ?

Thanks

Alex