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P-38 Lightning

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning Design Info

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Salvage components of the P-38

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning: Mоst Immрressive Airсrаft in the Wоrld оf Aviаtiоn

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Is this the Right Warbird for You? / P-38 Overview

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Tamiya P 38 Lightning Miss Virginia Photo Build

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II–era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
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