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P-38

Lockheed P-38J Lightning

In the P-38, Lockheed engineer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson and his team of designers created one of the most successful twin-engine fighters ever flown by any nation. From 1942 to 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces pilots flew P-38s over Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific and from the frozen Aleutian Islands to the sun-baked deserts of North Africa. Lightning pilots in the Pacific theater downed more Japanese aircraft than pilots flying any other Allied warplane.

Maj. Richard I. Bong, America’s leading fighter ace, flew this P-38J-10-LO on April 16, 1945, at Wright Field, Ohio, to evaluate an experimental method on interconnecting the movement of the throttle and propeller control levers. His right engine exploded in flight before he could conduct the experiment.

Wingspan:
15.8 m (52 ft)

Length:
11.7 m (37 ft 10 in)

Height:
3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)

Weight, empty:
6,345 kg (14,100 lb)

Weight, gross:
7,965 kg (17,699 lb)

Top speed:
674 km/h (419 mph)

Engine:
Allison V-1710-89 and -91, liquid-cooled in-line, 1,425

Armament:
20 mm Hispano AN-M2C cannon, four .50 caliber Browning machine guns

Ordnance:
1,814 kg (4,000 lb) bomb load or two 3-tube 4.5 in rockets

Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Calif., 1943

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38

Taken in: United States / Virginia / Sully Plantation (show map)

Taken on: November 10, 2008

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Sets appears in: • National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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