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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hashan dis" data-source="post: 3415465" data-attributes="member: 124785"><img src="http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/images/p38_infl_650_main.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Lockheed P-38 Lightning  Rugged, fast and versatile, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a potent combat aircraft and a superb fighter bomber, also flying as a night fighter, reconnaissance aircraft and torpedo-bomber. Powered by two liquid-cooled engines, the P-38 had a top speed of 414 miles per hour and carried a 20-mm cannon and four machine guns in its nose.  Designed in 1937 as a high-altitude "pursuit aircraft" (interceptor), the XP-38 was heavier than a Bristol Blenheim Mk. I, which at that time was the standard British medium bomber. Equipped with under wing droppable fuel tanks, the Lockheed P-38 was used extensively as a long-range escort fighter aircraft and saw action in practically every major combat area of the world. The Pacific theatre of operations produced the two highest scoring aces in American history - Major Richard Bong and Major Thomas McGuire, Jr. Both men flew P-38 Lightnings in the Southwest Pacific and each received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his courage and accomplishments. After WW2, a number of Lockheed P-38s were used for aerial photography in the private sector. Almost 10,000 P-38s were built. Today, only a few are remaining.          Type:         Long range fighter and fighter bomber             Powerplant:         Two Allison V-1710-27/29             Max   speed:         414 mph (666 km/hr)             Ceiling:         44,000 ft (13 400 m)             Range:         475 miles (765 km) on internal fuel             Weight   (empty):         12,600 lbs (5806 kg)             Max. T/O:         21,600 lbs (9798 kg)             Wingspan:         52' 0" (15.85m)             Length:         37' 10" (11.53 m)             Height:         9' 10" (3 m)             Armament:         One 20mm cannon, four .50 machine guns, 2,000 lb of   bombs, rockets<img src="http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/images/p38_cockpit_500.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/images/p38_gr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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