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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. 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The squadron used Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft photo-reconnaissance variant F-5 throughout the war. The F-5 and F-5A were used from the summer of 1943 until the summer of 1944 when F-5B, F-5C, and F-5E Lightnings were brought in. All P-38 Lightning variants were used for the remainder of the war.

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

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    P-38L 44-53232 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.

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

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    — 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 week nose-down in ...

  6. 449th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The squadron was first organized in China as the 449th Fighter Squadron and equipped with Lockheed P-38 Lightnings. It fought in the China Burma India Theater from 1943 to 1945. [1] Former Heisman Trophy-winner Tom Harmon was a member of the unit during their stint in the CBI. [citation needed]

  7. 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.

  8. Temnac P-38G Lightning - Wikipedia

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    The Temnac P-38G Lightning is a historic military aircraft, now on display at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson.It is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, military serial number 42-13400, which entered service in the United States Army Air Forces at what was then known as Elmendorf Field in 1942, during World War II, and was assigned to the 54th Fighter Squadron.

  9. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...