The Lockheed P-38 Lighting

摘要

One of the least likely aircraft to be shot down by 'friendly fire' due to its almost unmistakeable shape, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was an innovative design that introduced several 'firsts' to the USAAF. Nicknamed 'Fork-Tailed Devil' by the Germans, the P-38's twin boom configuration almost made it unique - it was also America's first twin-engined single-seat fighter and the first to have a tricycle undercarriage, counter-rotating propellers and turbocharged engines.