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USAAF engineer clearing out a captured airstrip, somewhere in Europe, circa 1945; note P-38 Lightning aircraft flying overhead with landing gear downGround crew members of the USAAF 459th Fighter Squadron working on a P-38 Lightning aircraft, Chittagong, India, Jan 1945
USAAF engineer clearing out a captured airstrip, somewhere in Europe, circa 1945; note P-38 Lightning aircraft flying overhead with landing gear downGround crew members of the USAAF 459th Fighter Squadron working on a P-38 Lightning aircraft, Chittagong, India, Jan 1945
P-38J Lighting “Val” of the 393rd Fighter Squadron sits on the snow covered Saint-Dizier Airfield in France while pilots are delivered to their planes in an unusual manner, Jan 1945Lieutenant Fred Eberle of the USAAF 333rd Fighter Squadron nursing his damaged P-38 Lighting back to Saipan after receiving battle damage over Iwo Jima, 15 Jan 1945. Photo taken from an accompanying B-24 Liberator.
P-38J Lighting “Val” of the 393rd Fighter Squadron sits on the snow covered Saint-Dizier Airfield in France while pilots are delivered to their planes in an unusual manner, Jan 1945Lieutenant Fred Eberle of the USAAF 333rd Fighter Squadron nursing his damaged P-38 Lighting back to Saipan after receiving battle damage over Iwo Jima, 15 Jan 1945. Photo taken from an accompanying B-24 Liberator.
P-38L Lightning “THOITY-THOID-N’THOID” with both propellers stopped shortly before the pilot, Lt. Joseph DeVona, bailed out over the Pacific, 17 Jan 1945.B-26G Marauder “Sure Go for No Dough” of the 394th Bomb Group (Medium) sitting on the ramp at RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1945.
P-38L Lightning “THOITY-THOID-N’THOID” with both propellers stopped shortly before the pilot, Lt. Joseph DeVona, bailed out over the Pacific, 17 Jan 1945.B-26G Marauder “Sure Go for No Dough” of the 394th Bomb Group (Medium) sitting on the ramp at RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1945.
Member of the 894th Chemical Company inserting the fuse into a tank of napalm slung under the wing of a P-38J Lightning of the 8th Fighter Group at Elmore Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, Apr 1945.Members of the 894th Chemical Company mixing napalm and pumping it into a tank slung under the wing of a P-38J Lightning of the 8th Fighter Group at Elmore Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, Apr 1945.
Member of the 894th Chemical Company inserting the fuse into a tank of napalm slung under the wing of a P-38J Lightning of the 8th Fighter Group at Elmore Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, Apr 1945.Members of the 894th Chemical Company mixing napalm and pumping it into a tank slung under the wing of a P-38J Lightning of the 8th Fighter Group at Elmore Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, Apr 1945.
War weary aircraft at the Wheeler Field graveyard (Waieli Gulch airstrip), Oahu, Hawaii, 4 Apr 1945. Photo 2 of 2.P-38J Lightning Droop Snoot with the 402nd Fighter Squadron coming in for a landing, possibly at Sandweiler, Luxembourg, Apr 10 1945.
War weary aircraft at the Wheeler Field graveyard (Waieli Gulch airstrip), Oahu, Hawaii, 4 Apr 1945. Photo 2 of 2.P-38J Lightning Droop Snoot with the 402nd Fighter Squadron coming in for a landing, possibly at Sandweiler, Luxembourg, Apr 10 1945.
USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 1 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.
USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 1 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.
Republic of China F-5E or F-5G aircraft at rest, circa 1950sSteve Hinton flying P-38 Lightning aircraft
Republic of China F-5E or F-5G aircraft at rest, circa 1950sSteve Hinton flying P-38 Lightning aircraft 'Glacier Girl' over Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, United States, 21 May 2004
P-38 Lightning, Hill Aerospace Museum, Utah, Aug 2006P-38 Lightning fighter on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia, United States, 26 Apr 2009
P-38 Lightning, Hill Aerospace Museum, Utah, Aug 2006P-38 Lightning fighter on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia, United States, 26 Apr 2009

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