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
groundcrewmen 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.
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