P-38 Lightning at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook P-38 Lightning at War write by Joe Christy. This book was released on 1978. P-38 Lightning at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This classic title traces the history of the Lightning from the earliest Lockheed "Model 22" through the severe compressibility problems of the prototype YP-38, to the P-38L-5, the fighter-bomber-reconnaissance aircraft of the USAAF in Italy and the Pacific. Graphically illustrated with over 200 action photographs and many eyewitness accounts, this book tells the story of a unique and innovative aircraft, revered for its adaptability and ability to limp home on one engine where other aircraft would have been destroyed.
P-38 Lightning Vol. 2
P-38 Lightning Vol. 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook P-38 Lightning Vol. 2 write by David Doyle. This book was released on 2019-10-28. P-38 Lightning Vol. 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This second of two volumes continues the P-38 story by focusing on the later, mass-produced models of this historic fighter--P-38J through P-38M. Each type is examined through carefully researched archival photos, as well as photographs of currently preserved examples. Known to the enemy during World War II as the "Fork-tailed devil," the pilots of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning were charged with the responsibility of escorting American bombers deep over heavily defended Europe during the early years of the air campaign against Nazi Germany. In the Pacific, the Lightning's long range was put to good use flying over vast expanses of ocean. Detailed text and captions illustrate not only the design and construction of the later-war Lightnings, but also their combat use in WWII. Large, clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader on the airfield and in the sky with this historic aircraft.
Lightning Strikes
Lightning Strikes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lightning Strikes write by Steve Blake. This book was released on 2020-10-04. Lightning Strikes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. LIGHTNING STRIKES-THE LOCKHEED P-38 tells the full story of one of the most successful and versatile aircraft of the Second World War. The P-38 (including its F-4 and F-5 photo reconnaissance models) eventually served with all the USAAF's numbered overseas air forces, from early 1942 to VJ Day. The book describes the Lightning's design and its technical details as it gradually evolved and improved, from the original XP-38 to its final variant, the P-38L-5. The main focus is on its service in the combat theatres, from the frigid, windswept Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific to the steaming jungles of the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, the burning sands of North Africa and the more temperate climes of Europe. All the units that flew the Lightning are included, as are the experiences of many of their pilots and ground crewmen as they fought the Japanese Empire and the European Axis. Also related are the P-38's service with foreign (non-U.S.) air forces, its postwar commercial utilization as civilian aircraft and the surviving examples in museums around the world. The book is extremely well illustrated by over 400 high-resolution photographs, art work and graphics, and is supplemented by detailed appendices.
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lockheed P-38 Lightning write by Warren Bodie. This book was released on 2001-05-02. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive story of the World War II fighter which the Germans dubbed the fork-tailed devil includes line drawings, photos of prototypes and coverage of Lockheed proposals.
P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group
P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group write by Steve Blake. This book was released on 2012-07-20. P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the 82nd Fighter Group was organized in March 1942, most of its initial pilot cadre was comprised of newly graduated staff sergeant pilots of Class 42-C – enlisted men! They learned to fly the P-38 at Muroc, in California's Mojave Desert, and then moved to the Los Angeles area to continue their training and to serve as part of its air defence. In September 1942 the group was transported to the East Coast, from where it shipped out to Ireland on the Queen Mary. By this time all its remaining sergeant pilots had been commissioned. As of VE-Day the 82nd Fighter Group's score of confirmed aerial victories stood at 548 aircraft shot down, plus a huge amount of enemy materiel – including aircraft – destroyed on the ground and the sea. It had been awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The cost of this success was high, however, for around 250 of the group's pilots had either been killed in action or captured.
