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P-38E Lightning pitot tube references


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I have spent many hours the past few weeks trying to find a drawing or reference to the pitot tube post on the P-38E Lightning.  I did find a drawing of the AN-104-A antenna found on some Mediterranean based Lightnings, which I believe would have the same cross section but is a different length.  I want to model this in CAD so that I can print it in 1/48 for my Tamiya P-38 Lightning kit, but since I am doing the work I will also do it in 1/32.  The part I am after is the long pitot tube and post, just forward of the nose gear in this photo:

 

P-38E_41-2007_80_StanLong.jpg

 

Can anyone help with a drawing showing this along with dimensions, or give me a length of that pitot tube mount?  Also, I believe the aircraft in the Aleutians used the SCR-522 radio, can anyone confirm this?  I am hoping this is correct, as I have already done the CAD work for this radio.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

 

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One more question, would you happen to know what pitot head assembly was used on these early P-38's?  I didn't realize there were  numerous different styles used on WWII US aircraft.  I have seen some with "flat" sides, and others with a round tube tapering into the shape of the mast.

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