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| rdfs:comment | - The Lockeheed P-38 Lighting was a US long range escort fighter used by the Allies for bomber and escort relief, primarily in the ---- Theater.
- The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and by the Japanese, the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
- The P-38D Lightning, the first production model had the standard twin Allison V-1710-27 Engines mounted with a rear tail boom type arrangement. However, the main distinction this model had over earlier prototype examples was its added armor protection to the cockpit, self-sealing fuel tanks, and a redesigned rear section for greater stability. Its empty weight was around 5,343 kilograms with a total length of eleven meters and wingspan of fifteen meters.
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| max speed more | - on Military Power: 1,425 hp at 54 inHg, 3,000 rpm at 25,000 ft
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| more performance | - * Lift-to-drag ratio: 13.5
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| Title | - "Lockheed P-38 Flight Characteristics – 1943 Flight Training Film"
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| power more | - WEP at 60 inHg, 3,000 rpm
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- * 1× Hispano M2(C) 20 mm cannon with 150 rounds
* 4× M2 Browning machine gun 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns with 500 rpg.
* 4× M10 three-tube 4.5 in rocket launchers; or:
** Inner hardpoints:
*** 2× bombs or drop tanks; or
*** 2× bombs or drop tanks, plus either
**** 4× bombs or
**** 4× bombs; or
*** 6× bombs; or
*** 6× bombs
** Outer hardpoints:
*** 10× 5 in HVARs ; or
*** 2× bombs; or
*** 2× bombs
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| ref | - Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilot's Flight Manual
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| more general | - Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0268
* Drag area: 8.78 ft²
* Aspect ratio: 8.26
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| abstract | - The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and by the Japanese, the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings. The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories) and Thomas McGuire (38 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war. The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, the exhaust muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving, and could be mishandled in many ways, but the rate of roll in the early versions was too slow for it to excel as a dogfighter. The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. At the end of the war, orders for 1,887 were cancelled.
- The P-38D Lightning, the first production model had the standard twin Allison V-1710-27 Engines mounted with a rear tail boom type arrangement. However, the main distinction this model had over earlier prototype examples was its added armor protection to the cockpit, self-sealing fuel tanks, and a redesigned rear section for greater stability. Its empty weight was around 5,343 kilograms with a total length of eleven meters and wingspan of fifteen meters. The standard armament of the P-38 was one 37mm autocannon and four 12.7mm Browning M2 machine guns. Operational range of the aircraft meanwhile was around 1,576 kilometers with a service ceiling set at 11,887 metres. While the P-38D was issued to some units, the P-38D was more of a pre-production model given the fact that a mere thirty-six examples were produced. Most notable for early production P-38s, the P-38D being one was that the cockpit was often regarded as quite uncomfortable with frostbite being a serious threat in high altitude operations.
- The Lockeheed P-38 Lighting was a US long range escort fighter used by the Allies for bomber and escort relief, primarily in the ---- Theater.
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