The innovative P-38 was produced in response to the need for a long range and high altitude fighter to escort the B-17 bomber fleet. A history of the plane from design to frontline use, this book includes archival photographs and production notes.
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The real deal scoop. No fluff. Lots of rare photos and technical information. For the discriminating P-38 enthusiast.
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Outstanding Apperance of P-38 Lightening ! It also showed outstanding difficulties on Production Line !,
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of Miliary Aircrafts,Seoul,Korea. he sent me a Review on this book. Review: The out standing attractive,affectionated Military Airplanes are coming from Korean War oriented F-80 Shootig Star, MIG-15, F7F Tigercat, and B-29 Superfortress. Especially,my deep affections become absentminded with P-38 Lightening of WWII. After the VJ-day,15,Aug,1945,near the season of Christmas, I accidently found a silvery white P-38's fligt-drawing X MAS on sky over Seoul,Korea ! By late 1943,P-38 proved high altitude sweeping fighter,escotting B-17,B-24 heavy bombers over the Europian Theater,medium altitude "Dog fight" fighter,ground supporting fighter, Reconaissance even night fighter. Allison Air cooling V-1710 series power planted,especially prominent, famous GM motor produced Turbosuperchargers, contra rotated Curtis 3 blade propeellers,and specially located Radiators which housed in large blisters behind the Turbosuperchargers. Especially, P-38j's elegagant, swpt-back "Shark' air intakes give extremly streamlined appertances. Many connecting tubes from specially allocated equipments make many troublesome works (My impression on many mechanical failures during WWII may arose from this complicated stuffs !) During WWII,first action of P-38 was effective ground straffing and bombing on German African Korps. In Europian theater,their main roles is escorting B-17 heavy bomber formations until acive involvment of P-51 Mustang whih has longer ranges,suitable lighter, better maeuvers. But in Pacific theater, P-38 was best Japanese fighter killing fighter incluing all of another US Fighters ! Also, 1st ranking ace-of-aces among US Fighters came out from p-38 flyer, Capt. Richard Bonng credetd 40 Japanese kills! t
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AS LT BENJAMIN KELSEY surveyed the crumpled wreckage of the Lockheed XP-38 interceptor, he probably reflected on the radical aircraft's future with the Army Air Corps, as well as his own career. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
empennage boom, fuselage pod, photo fighters, torque tubes, new aircraft, new fighter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Corps, Milo Burcham, Wright Field, Haze Paint, Army Air Force, General Electric, United States, March Field, Mitchel Field, New Guinea, New York, World War, North Africa, Bomb Busters, Lockheed Air Terminal, Marshall Headle, Robert Gross, Joe Towle, Shooting Star New!
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AS LT BENJAMIN KELSEY surveyed the crumpled wreckage of the Lockheed XP-38 interceptor, he probably reflected on the radical aircraft's future with the Army Air Corps, as well as his own career. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
empennage boom, fuselage pod, photo fighters, torque tubes, new aircraft, new fighter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Corps, Milo Burcham, Wright Field, Haze Paint, Army Air Force, General Electric, United States, March Field, Mitchel Field, New Guinea, New York, World War, North Africa, Bomb Busters, Lockheed Air Terminal, Marshall Headle, Robert Gross, Joe Towle, Shooting Star New!
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