The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an aircraft that opted to pen its name in capital letters in the annals of war flight. Modeled as a high-altitude fighter, this aircraft not only displayed phenomenal ...
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning in combat, how range, drop tanks, and complexity shaped its European war
This chapter follows the P-38 Lightning into frontline service, from secret drop tank breakthroughs and transatlantic ferry flights to hard lessons learned over Europe. It is a story of range, ...
Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the ...
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