| On offer at 25% discount - limited to current stocks This classic title traces the history of the Lightning from the earliest Lockheed 'Model 22', through the severe compressability problems of the prototype YP-38, to the P-38L-5, the fighter-bomber-recce aircraft of the USAF in Italy and the Pacific. Graphically illustrated with over 200 action photographs and many eye witness accounts, this books 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. Contents:
- Prelude: The Company
- P-38 Development
- The Aloeutians and North Atlantic Ferry
- North Africa
- South-West Pacific 1942-1943
- Sicily and Italy
- Europe
- Far East Victory 1944-1945
- P-38 Production
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