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  2. Lockheed P-38 Lightning - Wikipedia

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    The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...

  3. List of surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings - Wikipedia

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    The P-38 was quickly declared obsolete in 1946 and the last USAF flight was in 1948. This was an extremely complicated aircraft to maintain. The P-38 Lightning has been consistently on the civil registry since 1946 since the first aircraft were released from the military.

  4. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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    These were used for a variety of photographic and night reconnaissance missions [30] P-38 Lightning; Was the primary long-range USAAF photographic reconnaissance fighter aircraft prior to introduction of the P-51. Used extensively in all major theaters of operations.

  5. WWII fighter plane flown by WWII ace Richard I. Bong ... - AOL

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    SUPERIOR, WIS. — The famous P-38 Lightning Fighter plane flown by World War II ace of aces Richard I. Bong — and decorated with a photograph of its namesake "Marge" — was discovered last ...

  6. List of Lockheed P-38 Lightning operators - Wikipedia

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    A few P-38s fell into the hands of Germans and Italians, [5] and, differently from captured Spitfires, these aircraft were tested and used in combat. P-38s were pitted against nearly all of the fighters in the Italian arsenal in tests at Guidonia and apparently, it fared well. Col. Tondi used a P-38, probably an 'E' version, that landed ...

  7. List of United States fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Night fighter: Douglas Aircraft Company A-26 serial no. 41-19505 serving as a prototype night fighter with a crew of two – pilot plus radar-operator/gunner 1942 Never 1 XP-49: Fighter Lockheed Corporation: Developed from the P-38 Lightning in response to U.S. Army Air Corps proposal 39-775 1942 Never 1 XP-53: Fighter

  8. Glacier Girl - Wikipedia

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    Glacier Girl is a Lockheed P-38F Lightning, World War II fighter plane, 41-7630, c/n 222-5757, restored to flying condition after being buried beneath the Greenland ice sheet for over 50 years. Glacier Girl was part of the Lost Squadron.

  9. List of fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air ... Lockheed P-38 Lightning: US: 1939: Retired: ... Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1 night ...

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