Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

History

One P-38 Lightning landed in Yugoslav controlled territory because engine trouble in early 1945, pilot abandoned the aircraft. Air Force Technical service of one Yugoslav fighter regiment repaired P-38 Lightning and several flights were carried out.

P-38 was later used for different missions but after certain period because problems with maintenance had to be written off.

Air Forces

Yugoslav Air Force

Book links

Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Osprey Production Line to Frontline 3) by Michael O'Leary
P-38 Lightning at War by Joe Christy, Jeff Ethell
P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 19) by John Stanaway
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning by Warren M. Bodie
Fork-Tailed Devil : The P-38 by Martin Caidin

DVD links

Roaring Glory Warbirds, Vol. 9: Lockheed Lightning P-38 (1998)

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