| P-38 Lightning |
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a U.S. high performance heavy fighter plane used extensively as a long-range escort fighter during World War II.The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. During the war the P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations where it enabled two airmen to achieve the highest ever per pilot tally of American aerial victories.
| |
| FACTS & STATS: |
|
| Range |
2,600 miles (4,186 km) |
|
| Length |
| 37 ft 10 in (11.54 m) |
|
| Engine |
| Two Allison V-1710-111/113 liquid cooled engines |
|
|
| Max Speed |
414 mph (667 kmh)
|
|
| Ceiling |
| 40,000 ft (12,192 m) |
|
| Weight |
Empty: 12,780 lb (5,797 kg);
max take off: 21,600 lb (9,798 kg) |
|
|
| Armament |
| Four .50 cal. Browning machine guns and one 20 mm cannon |
|
|
|
| Click on the pictures below to learn more about each image! |
 |
| |
 |
| |
|
|
|
