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P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO

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Built by Lockheed to meet a USAAC requirement for a long-range, high-performance escort for the B-17 bomber, the P-38 Lightning made its combat debut in Europe in 1942. Its service in several combat theatres earned it the nickname "der gabelschwanzer teufal", or "the fork-tailed devil". Some 17 pilots scored seven or more kills in the P-38, with the top scorers, William J. Sloan and Michael Brezas, scoring 12 kills each. This volume presents archival photographs of Lightnings, scale drawings and interviews with several leading Lightning aces.

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ISBN: 9781855326989
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Author: John Stanaway
Illustrator: Tom Tullis
Publisher: Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 100 pages
Series: Aircraft of the Aces
Genres: Air forces and warfare
European history
Second World War
Modern warfare
Weapons and equipment
History of the Americas