Tail boom of restored P-38 Lightning at Warbirds Museum, Nampa, Idaho, 2014.

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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. 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" by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" 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.

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Size: 3462px × 5040px
Location: Warbirds Museum, Nampa, ID, US
Photo credit: © Michael Beiriger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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