This section is just for the FUN of it. It includes photos of fun or unusual uses of the P‑38, and is strictly intended for those of us who are a little “over the top” about this classic plane!
If you have a “unique” representation of the P-38, please email it to us so we can add it to the fun!
When you click on the thumbnail +, it will take you to a larger version of the photo. Just click the x at the top to close and come back here.
… if you have it on your birthday cake!
Contributed by Ed Baquet.
… if you have it on your Winchester!
…if you put it on your license plate!
Contributed by long-time Association Life Member and P-38 crew chief, Frank Gallup.
…if you just gotta ride one piggyback!
“Piggyback Certificate” contributed by Bob Bozarth.
…if you use them as reflectors on your motorcycle helmet!
Contributed by Association Member and P-38 fan, Ron Parker.
…if you create a topiary out of boxwood!
Topiary contributed by Joe Kyte. | https://www.topiaryjoe.com
…if you put a big ole P38 on the wheel cover of your RV!
Contributed by Richard Earl Hansen, Lt. Colonel, USAF Ret.
…if you stick it on your shopping mall sign!
Contributed by Mark Reynosa.
…when your sons start modeling their Derby cars after them.
Contributed by Mark, Becky, Luke and Tom Phillips.
…when your daughter puts a P-38 on her graduation mortarboard
Contributed by Bob Alvis.
…if you don’t leave home without one.
Contributed by Hayman Tam.
…If you get very specific about your love of the P‑38.
Contributed by James P Corbitt, long-time member of the P-38 National Association.
…if you put a bunch of them on your kitchen towel!
Contributed by Association Member Hayman Tam.
…if you not only wear it on your back
Contributed by Marty Potts.
..if you put it on your transportation
Contributed by Marty Potts. Seems Marty Potts is a fan. Not only does he have this beautiful jacket, he also lets the whole world know about this admiration for the 38!
..if you also put it on your transportation
Contributed by Association member, the late Ed Rothermund.
..if you model your new automobile after it!
Both the Cadillac & the Studebaker did this! | Details
…if you can’t find your way to the latrine without one!
Contributed by Dan Rendant | Details
This photo was taken at Disney’s California Adventure Theme Park. Across from this sign is the “Soaring Over California” ride — while inside, waiting in line, the guests pass by large photos of Kelly Johnson and of Joltin’ Josie. Dan is a LIFE member of the P‑38 Association. His mother, Betty, worked for Lockheed Burbank during WWII as an Executive Secretary (from 1940 to 1948) and often dealt with P‑38 legends like Kelly Johnson and Tony Levier.
Joltin’ Josie
Clarence “Kelly” Johnson
Tony LeVier with his P‑38, Snafuperman
…if you paint P-38 murals on your wall.
Contributed by Kelly Baquet Kalcheim. That’s my Dad, Ed Baquet, in the photo
…if you make a boat out of spare P-38 parts!
Kunming, China, circa 1944 — This is an unusual use for a P-38 tank. Aileen Lim, whose father was Chief, 4th Photo Tech Unit, sent in this photo of him and his friend, Vernon Woods (also in the 4th Photo Tech Unit), who took an auxiliary gas tank from a P-38 and made it into an outrigger boat. Fun!
… if it helps you to keep clean in the midst of WWII!
Here Bob Bilello of Brooklyn, NY, is improvising a shower using a P-38 droptank!
…if you’ve built a “P-38 Shrine” in your home!
You’ve got to click on this photo to view the enlarged version and truly appreciate all the P‑38 goodies that Hayman Tam has collected. He has some unique items, as well as some very rare items (such as a piece of the “Glacier Girl” skin). How many P‑38s can you count?
…if you’re willing to do THIS just to ride in one again after 50 years.
Contributed by Ed Baquet.
Roger Weatherbee was a P-38 pilot with 49th Fighter Squadron in Foggia, Italy.
