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Hurst then walked Tim Teufel on five pitches toload the bases, bringing up Hernandez, who hadonly one RBI in the previous six games. Hernandeztook one strike, then hit a slicing line driveinto left-center, easily scoring two runs andsending Teufel to third...
Backman then came in to run for Teufel, andCarter hit a little looper into right field. Rightfielder Evans made a dive for the ball, butcouldn't come up with it cleanly. Backman scoredeasily, but when Evans rolled over the ball,Hernandez couldn't clearly tell whether it hadbeen caught. That gave Evans time to throwHernandez out at second for the second out of theinning, and Strawberry lined out to shallow leftfor the third out of the inning...
...drawing board, he completely redesigned the plane to meet British specifications. At that time he was also working on what would become one of the most celebrated U.S. fighter planes in World War II, the twin-boom P-38 Lightning, which awed Luftwaffe pilots called der Gabelschwanz Teufel (Fork-Tailed Devil). Even before the first Lightning took off, Johnson shrewdly anticipated a problem that would soon plague all high-speed aircraft...
...INGRID TEUFEL...
...Fork-Tailed Devil. The Electra 10 turned Lockheed into a better-thangoing concern, and World War II converted it into a giant. Its P-38 Lightning, the only U.S. fighter in continuous service throughout World War II, was dubbed by Luftwaffe pilots "der gabel-schwanz Teufel"-"the fork-tailed devil." Making Hudsons for the British before the U.S. entered World War II, Lockheed ran into the U.S. Neutrality Act, which forbade either U.S. or British citizens to ship or fly the planes from the U.S. to Britain. Court Gross helped devise a stratagem. Lockheed bought a wheat farm...