P-38 Lightning in Action - Aircraft No. 25

Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. Very Good-. 1976. Paperback. 0897470249 . B&W & Color Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear. The rear cover of the book has ground-in dirt and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twin-boom design with a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Along with its use as a general fighter, the P-38 was used in various aerial combat roles, including as a highly effective fighter-bomber, a night fighter, and a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks. The P-38 was also used as a bomber-pathfinder, guiding streams of medium and heavy bombers, or even other P-38s equipped with bombs, to their targets. Used in the aerial reconnaissance role, the P-38 accounted for 90 percent of American aerial film captured over Europe. Although it was not designated a heavy fighter or a bomber destroyer by the USAAC, the P-38 filled those roles and more; unlike German heavy fighters crewed by two or three airmen, the P-38 with its lone pilot was nimble enough to compete with single-engine fighters. " (from Wikipedia) .