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Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.

For more information on the P-38 Lightning, please visit the United States Army Air Force Resource Center.

Serial #: 40-744 to 40-809

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-744
  • Modified at Wright Field for aeromedical experiments with asymmetric positioning of cockpit in port boom.
  • Scrapped at Bush Field, GA May 7, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-745
  • Assigned to CL-26 at San Bernardino, CA Apr 27, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-746
  • Assigned to CL-26 at Muroc AAB, CA Jul 27, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-747
  • crashed at Muroc AAB Jul 24, 1942.
  • Assigned to CL-26 at Curtiss-Wright Tech Institute, Glendale, CA Mar 24, 1943.

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-748
  • crashed into bay 500 yds offshore of Hamilton Field, CA May 18, 1942.
  • Pilot killed

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-749
  • Assigned to CL-26 at March Field, CA Jun 15, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-750
  • condemned at McChord AAF, WA Feb 13, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-751
  • Assigned to CL-26 at Bolling Field, DC Sep 21, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-752
  • Assigned to CL-26 at Santa Maria, CA Apr 30, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-753
  • scrapped at North Island, CA Feb 4, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-754
  • crashed on takeoff at Patterson Field, Oh Aug 19, 1941.
  • Pilot killed

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-755
  • crashed on takeoff at North Island, CA Mar 13, 1942.
  • Pilot killed

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-756
  • scrapped at Patterson AAF, OH Jun 29, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-757
  • scrapped at San Bernardino, CA Nov 28, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-758
  • surveyed at San Bernardino, CA Aug 1, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-759
  • scrapped at March Field, CA Jul 3, 1946

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-760
  • crashed near Onalaska, WA Nov 24, 1942.
  • Pilot killed.

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-761
  • Assigned to CL-26 at Spokane, WA Mar 7, 1943

Lockheed XP-38A Lightning/40-762
  • Prototype with pressurized cockpit.
  • Scrapped at Bush Field Mar 28, 1945.

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-763
  • Written off Nov 5, 1941 at McClellan Field, CA.
  • Condemned Mar 19, 1942

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-764
  • wing ruptured in flight Apr 4, 1943 at Ontario, CA and landed OK.
  • Assigned to CL-26 Apr 23, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-765
  • scrapped at San Bernardino, CA May 22, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-766
  • crashed during emergency landing attempt at Beaufort, SC Oct 16, 1941.
  • Pilot killed.

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-767
  • in midair near Natchitoche, LA Sep 19, 1941.
  • Pilot killed

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-768
  • Written off Jul 21, 1942 at Mines Field, CA.
  • Assigned to CL-26 at Lockheed Sep 5, 1942

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-769
  • scrapped at Hill Field, UT Jul 23, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-770
  • Destroyed in midair collision off San Diego, CA Dec 21, 1941.
  • Pilot killed.

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-771
  • Assigned to CL-26 at March Field Sep 6, 1943

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-772
  • scrapped at March Field Feb 2, 1945

Lockheed P-38-LO Lightning/40-773
  • DBR 15 mi E of Muroc AAB Feb 11, 1942

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-775
  • Withdrawn from use at RFC Ontario, CA

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-776
  • Written off May 3, 1942 at Muroc, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-777
  • Written off Apr 15, 1942 at Muroc, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-778
  • Withdrawn from use at RFC Ontario, CA

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-779
  • Written off Oct 6, 1943 at Mendota, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-781
  • Written off Oct 15, 1941 at Richmond, MI 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-782
  • Written off May 25, 1942 at Mills Field, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-783
  • Crashed and burned at Mills Field, CA Jun 15, 1942.
  • Pilot killed, plus crew chief on the ground

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-785
  • Written off Dec 10, 1941 at Economy, IN 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-787
  • Written off Mar 24, 1942 at Mills Field, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-788
  • Written off Nov 13, 1941 at Palm Springs, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-789
  • Written off May 12, 1942 at Muroc, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-790
  • Written off Mar 7, 1943 at Ontario AAF, CA
  • repaired (?)
  • Withdrawn from use at RFC Ontario, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-791
  • Written off Aug 2, 1944 at Ontario AAF, CA

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-792
  • Written off Oct 7, 1942 at El Segundo Pier, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-794
  • Written off Jun 22, 1942 at San Francisco Bay, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-796
  • Written off Nov 12, 1942 at Muroc, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-798
  • Written off May 27, 1942 at March Field, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-799
  • Written off Feb 20, 1942 at Los Alamitos NAS, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-800
  • Written off Nov 17, 1941 at Woodruff, SC 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-801
  • Written off Mar 29, 1942 at Pt. Vincente, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-804
  • Written off Jan 14, 1942 at NAS San Diego, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-805
  • Written off Dec 21, 1941 at 10 mi W San Diego, CA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-806
  • Written off Dec 17, 1942 at Paine Field, WA 

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-807
  • Withdrawn from use at RFC Ontario, CA

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-808
  • Withdrawn from use at RFC Ontario, CA

Lockheed P-38D Lightning/40-809
  • Withdrawn from use at RFC Ontario, CA

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