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English: Lockheed P-38 Lightning, with the tail section of the Enola Gay in the background, in the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center, Washington DC.
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft. It had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The aircraft was used in a number of different roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with droppable fuel tanks under its wings. The P-38 was used most extensively and successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, where it was flown by the American pilots with the highest number of aerial victories to this date.
Nederlands: Lockheed P-38 Lightning, met de staart van de Enola Gay in de achtergrond, in het National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center, Washington DC.
De P-38 Lightning van fabrikant Lockheed speelde een belangrijke rol als Amerikaans jachtvliegtuig in de tweede helft van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het toestel was zo snel, krachtig en betrouwbaar dat het vele rollen kon vervullen. Naast jachtvliegtuig en escortejager deed de Lightning ook dienst als verkenningsvliegtuig, bommenwerper en nachtjager.
Français : Lockheed P-38 Lightning dans le National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center, Washington DC.
Le Lockheed P-38 Lightning est un avion de chasse de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le P-38 Lightning et ses dérivés photo ont été utilisés sur tous les théâtres d'opération de la Seconde Guerre mondiale par l'USAAF. Grâce à son important rayon d'action, il se distingue notamment dans le Pacifique.Deutsch: Lockheed P-38 Lightning im National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center, Washington DC.
Die Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Aufklärungsvarianten wurden als F-4 und F-5 bezeichnet) war ein von Lockheed konzipierter, zweimotoriger Abfangjäger, der im Zweiten Weltkrieg vor allem als Langstreckenbegleitjäger und Jagdbomber eingesetzt wurde. Die P-38 war einer der Standardjäger der USAAF im Zweiten Weltkrieg. |
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