AIRCRAFT:P-38 Lightning

• TYPE:long range fighter
  
• MAKER:Lockheed Corporation
  
• SPAN:52 ft. (15.86 m.)
  
• LENGTH:37 ft. 10 in. (11.53 m.)
  
• HEIGHT:12 ft. 10 in. (3.9 m.)
  
• WING AREA:327.6 sq. ft. (30.43 sq. m.)
  
• WEIGHT:empty varied from 11,000 lb. (YP-38) to 14,000 lb. in later models, maximum lode 14,348 lb. to 21,600 lb.
  
• POWERPLANT:two 1,425 h.p. Allison V-1710 liquid cooled
  
• PERFORMANCE:maximum speed 414 m.p.h. (666 k.p.h.), sevice ceiling 44,000 ft. (13,410 m.), range on internal fuel 1,175 miles (891 km.), range with maximum fuel 2,260 miles (3,650 km.)
  
• ARMAMENT:one 20 mm. Hispano M2 cannon, four .5 in. Colt-Browning machine guns in nose, up to 1,600 lb. of bombs under each inbord wing section
  
• CREW:1

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