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Hostile Sky by Robert Taylor A B-24 has been hit and is losing touch with the main bomber formation, as Luftwaffe pilots concentrated their attentions on the unfortunate aircraft. Two Fw190s, are zooming up for the kill on the damaged B-24. Seeing the desperate situation, a P-38 escort pilot has made a head-on attack, splitting the pair of Fw190s, and thwarting their attempt to finish off the B-24. Another P-38, aware of the situation, is turning into the path of the Fw190s, and Robert makes it clear in his dramatic portrayal that the action has some way to go before any conclusion will be reached. |
Mission Accomplished by Roy Grinnell. arbers fourth victory, April 18th 1943, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. |
Lockheed P-38 Lightning by Michael OLeary. The Cadillac of USAAF fighters in World War 2, the Lightning was a highly innovative design produced by Lockheed of Burbank, California, in response to a challenging requirement for a long range, high speed and high altitude fighter to escort the AAFs rapidly expanding B17 and B24 Heavy bomber fleets. To meet the criterion laid down in the requirement, the company adopted a revolutionary twin boom layout and supercharged Allison engines. The latter initially proved troublesome but the gremlins were eventually sorted out and the type went on to see much action in Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Pacific and the CBI. Using the best Lockheed official and private archival black and white photographs available, combined with period colour advertisements, a double-page cutaway drawing and scale plans, this volume reveals all facets of the Lightnings construction and frontline use. |
P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI. The P-38 was used on virtually every front to which the USAAF were committed, but enjoyed its greatest successes in the Pacific and China-Burma-India (CBI) theatres. The speed, range and firepower of the P-38 made it the favourite of nearly all aircrew fighting in the Solomons, New Guinea and the Philippines, and over 1800 Japanese aircraft fell to its guns. From the first encounters at the end of 1942 until the Lightning scored the final Fifth Air force victories in August 1945, these pilots made the Pacific skies very much their own battleground. |
P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO. The P-38 made its combat debut in Europe in mid-1942, the first American fighters being flown to the UK before heading further east to Twelfth Air Force units in North Africa. Its service in this theatre, and later over the heartland of Germany itself, earned the P-38 the nickname der gabelschwanzer Teufel (the fork-tailed devil) This volume traces the careers of many previously unknown aces within the USAAF in Europe, and helps redress the balance which has in the past seen all the glory for the fighter victories in this theatre shared between the pilots of the P-47 and P-51. Some 17 pilots scored 7 or more kills on the P-38 in the ETO/MTO. |
Lightning by Stan Stokes. The P-38 Lightning was the only twin engine day time fighter produced in America during WWII. It was also one of the most effective American fighters of the War, and was the mount for our two top-scoring aces of the war. |
Lightning Designed by Kelly Johnson the P38 made its maiden flight on the 27th January 1939 and introduced into service in 1941. they cost $134,284 at the time each and a total of 10,037 were built. The Lockheed P-38 was introduced as a inceptor fighter but soon proved a valuable long range bomber escort for the 8thUS Air Force's B-17 and-24 bombers as they bombed targets further into Germany. |
| Top Aces for : Lightning (US) | |
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown this aircraft. | |
| Name | Victories |
| Richard Bong | 40.00 |
| Thomas McGuire | 38.00 |
| Charles MacDonald | 27.00 |
| Gerald Johnson | 22.00 |
| Jay Robbins | 22.00 |
| Robert Westbrook | 20.00 |
| Thomas Lynch | 20.00 |
| Hubert Zemke | 17.75 |
| Bill Harris | 16.00 |
| George Welch | 16.00 |
| Cyril Homer | 15.00 |
| Edward Cragg | 15.00 |
| Arthur Jeffrey | 14.00 |
| Daniel Roberts | 14.00 |
| Robin Olds | 13.00 |
| Cotesworth Head | 12.00 |
| James Watkins | 12.00 |
| Kenneth Ladd | 12.00 |
| Richard West | 12.00 |
| William Sloan | 12.00 |
| Cornelius Smith | 11.00 |
| Francis Lent | 11.00 |
| John Loisel | 11.00 |
| Kenneth Sparks | 11.00 |
| Murray Shubin | 11.00 |
| Elliott Summer | 10.00 |
| Paul Stanch | 10.00 |
| Robert Aschenbrener | 10.00 |
| William Giroux | 10.00 |
| Allen Hill | 9.00 |
| Frank Hurlbut | 9.00 |
| Fredric Champlin | 9.00 |
| Joel Paris | 9.00 |
| Joseph Forster | 9.00 |
| Meryl Smith | 9.00 |
| Perry Dahl | 9.00 |
| Fernley Damstrom | 8.00 |
| Frederick Harris | 8.00 |
| Jack Ilfrey | 8.00 |
| John ONeill | 8.00 |
| John Jones | 8.00 |
| Kenneth Hart | 8.00 |
| Maxwell Glenn | 8.00 |
| Thomas Maloney | 8.00 |
| Walter Duke | 8.00 |
| Burnell Adams | 7.00 |
| Calvin Wire | 7.00 |
| Jack Fisk | 7.00 |
| John Purdy | 7.00 |
| John Dunaway | 7.00 |
| Richard Smith | 7.00 |
| Verl Jett | 7.00 |
| Vincent Elliott | 7.00 |
| Warren Lewis | 7.00 |
| Zach Dean | 7.00 |
| Arthur Wenige | 6.00 |
| Billy Gresham | 6.00 |
| Charles Gallup | 6.00 |
| Edward Czarnecki | 6.00 |
| Edwin Degraffenreid | 6.00 |
| Hampton Boggs | 6.00 |
| Henry Meigs | 6.00 |
| Hoyt Eason | 6.00 |
| James Ince | 6.00 |
| John Smith | 6.00 |
| John Lane | 6.00 |
| John Pietz | 6.00 |
| Joseph McKeon | 6.00 |
| Laurence Blumer | 6.00 |
| Lee Gregg | 6.00 |
| Paul Murphey | 6.00 |
| Paul Lucas | 6.00 |
| Ralph Wandrey | 6.00 |
| Stanley Andrews | 6.00 |
| Thomas Walker | 6.00 |
| Wallace Jordan | 6.00 |
| William Moseley | 6.00 |
| William King | 5.50 |
| Aaron Bearden | 5.00 |
| Besby Holmes | 5.00 |
| Charles Sullivan | 5.00 |
| Charles King | 5.00 |
| Cheatham Gupton | 5.00 |
| Curran Jones | 5.00 |
| Dartell Welch | 5.00 |
| Ernest Ambort | 5.00 |
| Franklin Monk | 5.00 |
| Frederick Dick | 5.00 |
| George Chandler | 5.00 |
| Gerald Brown | 5.00 |
| Grover Gholson | 5.00 |
| Harry Brown | 5.00 |
| Henry Condon | 5.00 |
| Jack Mankin | 5.00 |
| Jennings Meyers | 5.00 |
| John Tilley | 5.00 |
| Keith Mahon | 5.00 |
| Kenneth Pool | 5.00 |
| Lowell Lutton | 5.00 |
| Marion Felts | 5.00 |
| Marion Kirby | 5.00 |
| Milden Mathre | 5.00 |
| Nelson Flack | 5.00 |
| Nial Castle | 5.00 |
| Paul Morriss | 5.00 |
| Rex Barber | 5.00 |
| Richard Suehr | 5.00 |
| Robert Milliken | 5.00 |
| Robert Adams | 5.00 |
| Thomas Lanphier | 5.00 |
| Truman Barnes | 5.00 |
| Vivian Cloud | 5.00 |
| Warren Curton | 5.00 |
| Willard Webb | 5.00 |
| William Allen | 5.00 |
| Charles Ray | 5.00 |
| Burdette Goodrich | 5.50 |
| Robert Schultz | 5.00 |
| Harry Sealey | 4.50 |
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