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P-38 Lightning In Action (softcover)

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P-38 Lightning In Action
(Softcover)
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By David Doyle
The book traces the development and combat history of the twin
engine, twin-boom, Lockheed P-38 Lightning from the first flight
of the XP-38 in January 1939 through a succession of models,
ending with the electronic-laden, two-seat P-38M. Created on the
drawing boards of two of America's most notable aircraft
designers - Hall Hibbard and Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson - the P-38
Lightning was the only U.S. pursuit plane to remain in continuous


production throughout WWII. In the Southwestern Pacific, the
P-38 served as the U.S.Army Air Force's primary long-range
fighter prior to the arrival of the P-51D Mustang. Top American
air aces and Medal-of-Honor winners Richard Bong and Thomas
McGuire both flew Lightning’s, and it was a P-38 that brought
down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plane in April 1943. The

Lightning saw service in Europe too, and it was after flying a
P-38 to assess the progress of the Normandy Invasion in 1944,
that U.S. Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle referred to the Lightning as
"the sweetest flying plane in the sky."

Illustrated with more than 150 period photographs, a third of
them rare original color photos, plus color profiles and detailed

line drawings.

ISBN = 978-0-89747-849-6.