The Lockheed P-38 emerged from a 1937 US Army Air Corps requirement for a high-altitude interceptor capable of uncommon speed ...
In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by ...
In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning part 2, how a deadly high altitude fighter nearly killed its own pilots
The P 38 Lightning shot down more enemy aircraft than any other US fighter in the Pacific, yet early pilots faced lethal dive lockups, frozen cockpits, and engine failures that nearly doomed the ...
Key point: The P-38 was a forerunner of modern multi-role fighters. In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corp called for proposals for an interceptor capable of flying 360 miles-per-hour and climbing rapidly to ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From 1942 to 1945, the thunder of ...
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