Lot of 4 P-38 Book: P-38 Lightning at War, Pilot Training Manual for the P-38...
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Lot of 4 P-38 Book: P-38 Lightning at War, Pilot Training Manual for the P-38.... This manual is the text for your training as a P-38 pilot. With all these firsts, one would think that the P-38 should have been the premier fighter of the Second World War. In the Pacific Theater of Operations it was. This Lot Includes: *P-38 Lightning in Action by Larry Davis The P-38 was the first fighter to feature a tricycle landing gear, first with an all-metal flush riveted skin, first to have power-boosted controls, and the first turbo-supercharged fighter aircraft to enter squadron service. At the time it was the fastest and longest ranged fighter in the world. With all these firsts, one would think that the P-38 should have been the premier fighter of the Second World War. In the Pacific Theater of Operations it was. But a host of technical problems resulting from its high performance, combined with logistical politics within the U.S. Army Air Force, severely inhibited the Lightning from attaining its full potential. The P-38 Lightning was a product of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Alan Loughead (later changed to Lockheed) founded his aircraft company during 1916 and it failed during 1921. During 1926 he acquired a partner and restarted the company. His partner was another aviation genius, John K. "Jack" Northrop. Together they created the Lockheed Vega, Altair and Orion. But the faltering U.S. economy broke the company once more during 1931 and they closed the doors during early 1932. On 6 June 1932, the Lockheed Aircraft Company was purchased by Robert Gross, Carl Squire, and Lloyd Stearman for $40,000.00. The new company's first commercial venture was the Model 10, or Lockheed Electra. It immediately set industry standards as the first all-metal, twin engine airliner. *Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 by Fredric Arnold This manual is the text for your training as a P-38 pilot. The Air Forces' most experienced training and supervisory personnel have collaborated to make it a complete exposition of what your duties as a pilot are, how each duty will be performed, and why it must be performed in the manner prescribed. *Lockheed P-38 Lightning by Frederick A. Johnsen THE LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING HELPED SOLIDIFY DESIGNER KELLY JOHNSON'S REPUTATION AS AN INNOVATOR. THE P-38 PROVED TO BE AN ECONOMIC BOON TO THE LOCKHEED COMPANY, AS WELL AS AN ENGINEERING MILEPOST THAT EXPLORED PROBLEMS OF COMPRESSIBILITY AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND STABILITY AND CONTROL WITH TWO ENGINES. *P-38 Lightning at War by Joe Christy & Jeff Ethell The US Eighth Air Force's "twin-tailed pursuit ship, called the Lightning by the British, survived rejection by the RAF to become one of the most deadly American fighters of the war, serving with distinction in the Pacific, the North African desert, the Mediterranean, and the final assault on Germany. It was a group of Lightnings that caught Admiral Yamamoto on April 18, 1943, in a daring raid that culminated in his "Betty" (Mitsubishi G4MI) being blown out of the sky, thus depriving the Japanese fleet of its commander and the Japanese armed forces of their most brilliant strategist. It was in Lightnings that some of the best-known American aces amassed their numerous kills. like Dick Bong with forty confirmed to his credit.
