P-38 Lightning At War
Joe Christy, Jeffrey Ethell - P-38 Lightning At War
Charles Scibner's Sons | 1978 | ISBN: 0684157403 | English | 152 pages | PDF | 56.86 MB
Charles Scibner's Sons | 1978 | ISBN: 0684157403 | English | 152 pages | PDF | 56.86 MB
This classic title traces the history of the Lightning from the earliest Lockheed “Model 22” through the severe compressibility problems of the prototype YP-38, to the P-38L-5, the fighter-bomber-reconnaissance aircraft of the USAAF in italy and the Pacific.Graphically illustrated with over 200 action photographs and many eye witness accounts, this book tells the story of a unique and innovative aircrat, revered for its adaptability and ability to limp home on one engine where other aircraft would have been destroyed.