Lockheed P-38 Lightning by goodoleboy
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Captured back on 4/4/09, at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California.
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese] The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
Comments (6)
PhthaloBlue
Gorgeous warbird!
UteBigSmile
Looks great - What an engine!!!!
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starship64
Great capture.
T.Rex
If I remember correctly, the P-38 was the plane that shot down Japanese general Yamamoto's plane. The loss of general Yamamoto was a severe blow to the Japanese war effort. Good photo of this dangerous plane. Keep up the good work. :-)
goodoleboy
Yamamoto was not a General but a Marshal Admiral in the Japanese Navy.
Faemike55
no matter, this is one wicked plane
RodS
Great shot of this beauty! Love the P-38!