Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 14, 1941

Posted on November 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 14, 1941, P-38 Crash  

Nov. 14, 1941: One unpublicized reason for Lou Costello's New York jaunt is a conference with his pal, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, anent screening of His Honor's life story — with Costello in the title role, Jimmie Fidler says. 

 

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1 Response to Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 14, 1941

  1. benito's avatar benito says:
    November 14, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    This was a real problem with P-38s. During high speed dives, the control surfaces on the twin tails lost much of their effectiveness because they were in the turbulent stream of air directly behind the wing, engines etc. It became difficult or impossible to pull out.

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