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44 43 8 Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter Lockheed P-38 LightningPowered by two 1,425-horse power liquid-cooled engines, the P-38 had a top Known as “der Gabelschwanzspeed of Teufel” 414 miles (theper hour Fork-tailed and carried Devil) by German pilots the P-38a 20-mm Lightning cannon and was four machine an all-purpose guns fighter aircraft that flewin its nose. as partDesigned of as thea high-altitude 8th USAAF’s Fighter Command. It wasinterceptor, the only the P-38 US shot fighter down more that was in production during the entiretyJapanese planes of during the war.World War II When not used for long-rangethan any other escort U.S. fighter. missions, the P-38 would be used to attack small ground targets and enemy airfields.

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9 North American P-51 Mustang Six wing-mounted machine guns, a top speedNorth of 437 Americanmiles per hour and P-51 Mustang unmatched maneuverability made the P-51One a brilliant of the fighter. most The iconic Mustang fighters of the war, wasthe one P-51 of the Mustangmost famous was planes first of used by the RAF in 1942 before entering service with the USAAF. WorldIts War exceptional II with more than range 15,000 allowed it to escort built.bomber groups all the way to Berlin and back. By the end of the war it was the most common fighter in the 8th USAAF’s Fighter Command.

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