P38 Corsair training. January 2013

The Lockheed P38 Lightning ( Flying Bulls ) was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named forktailed devil (der GabelschwanzTeufel) by the Luftwaffe and two planes, one pilot (2飛行機1パイロット Ni hikōki, ippairotto ) by the Japanese, 5 the P38 was used in a number of roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, groundatt