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F-5B Lightning reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning at a training base in the United States, mid-1944. Note wing mounted HVAR air-to-surface rockets.USAAF Maj Thomas McGuire and Aviator Charles Lindbergh after returning from a combat mission, at Biak Island off New Guinea, Jul 1944. Note P-38 Lightning. Lindbergh helped with economical flight techniques to extend the range of P-38s.USAAF pilots Thomas McGuire and Charles Lindbergh after returning from a combat mission, at Biak Island off New Guinea, circa Jul 1944; note P-38 Lightning aircraft, possibly McGuire
F-5B Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Stinky' at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944Lockheed P-38 Lightning at a training base in the United States, mid-1944. Note wing mounted HVAR air-to-surface rockets.USAAF Maj Thomas McGuire and Aviator Charles Lindbergh after returning from a combat mission, at Biak Island off New Guinea, Jul 1944. Note P-38 Lightning. Lindbergh helped with economical flight techniques to extend the range of P-38s.USAAF pilots Thomas McGuire and Charles Lindbergh after returning from a combat mission, at Biak Island off New Guinea, circa Jul 1944; note P-38 Lightning aircraft, possibly McGuire's, in background
F-5C Lightning reconnaissance aircraft USAAF Lieutenant Everett A. Thies and his crew chief Technical Sergeant Daniel Nobel posing by their F-5C Lightning reconnaissance aircraft Armorers load .50 caliber ammunition into the four Browning M2 machine guns of a P-38 Lightning fighter with the USAAF 1st Fighter Group. 1944 photo probably taken at Salsola Airfield, part of the Foggia group, Italy.P-38 Lightning aircraft of the USAAF 370th Fighter Group, Jul-Dec 1944
F-5C Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Dot Dash' at Eurk, Russia, Jul 1944USAAF Lieutenant Everett A. Thies and his crew chief Technical Sergeant Daniel Nobel posing by their F-5C Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Dot Dash', Eurk, Russia, 6 Jul 1944Armorers load .50 caliber ammunition into the four Browning M2 machine guns of a P-38 Lightning fighter with the USAAF 1st Fighter Group. 1944 photo probably taken at Salsola Airfield, part of the Foggia group, Italy.P-38 Lightning aircraft of the USAAF 370th Fighter Group, Jul-Dec 1944
F-5E-2-LO Lightning reconnaissance aircraft of the 31st Photo Reconnaisance Squadron in flight over France, Jul-Dec 1944Spare and surplus USAAF aircraft at Bari Airfield, Italy, Oct 1944.A crew chief with the 51st Fighter Squadron in front of the P-38J Lightning “Rebel” at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 1944-45.P-38J Lightning aircraft of 370th Fighter Group, US 485th Fighter Squadron at the former Luftwaffe night fighter base at Florennes, Belgium, Oct-Dec 1944; note wrecked Me 210 aircraft in foreground
F-5E-2-LO Lightning reconnaissance aircraft of the 31st Photo Reconnaisance Squadron in flight over France, Jul-Dec 1944Spare and surplus USAAF aircraft at Bari Airfield, Italy, Oct 1944.A crew chief with the 51st Fighter Squadron in front of the P-38J Lightning “Rebel” at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 1944-45.P-38J Lightning aircraft of 370th Fighter Group, US 485th Fighter Squadron at the former Luftwaffe night fighter base at Florennes, Belgium, Oct-Dec 1944; note wrecked Me 210 aircraft in foreground
WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbing into a P-38 Lightning aircraft, United States, 28 Nov 1944Lightning aircraft in flight, post-Apr 1944P-38J Lightning ‘Moonlight Cock-Tail!’ of the 392nd Fighter Squadron at Juvincourt Airfield, Aisne, France, Dec 1944. Note ‘Carol’ painted on the engine cowl. This was the plane of Lt Clark R ‘Doc’ Livingston.P-38 Lightning aircraft at rest on an airstrip in Chico, California, United States, 1 Dec 1944
WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbing into a P-38 Lightning aircraft, United States, 28 Nov 1944Lightning aircraft in flight, post-Apr 1944P-38J Lightning ‘Moonlight Cock-Tail!’ of the 392nd Fighter Squadron at Juvincourt Airfield, Aisne, France, Dec 1944. Note ‘Carol’ painted on the engine cowl. This was the plane of Lt Clark R ‘Doc’ Livingston.P-38 Lightning aircraft at rest on an airstrip in Chico, California, United States, 1 Dec 1944
P-38J Lightning ‘Moonlight Cock-Tail!’ and pilot Lt Clark R ‘Doc’ Livingston of the 392nd Fighter Squadron at Juvincourt Airfield, Aisne, France, Dec 1944.Experimental P-38H Lightning aircraft, date unknownF-5A Lightning aircraft of USAAF 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1943-May 1945F-5B reconnaissance aircraft at rest, date unknown
P-38J Lightning ‘Moonlight Cock-Tail!’ and pilot Lt Clark R ‘Doc’ Livingston of the 392nd Fighter Squadron at Juvincourt Airfield, Aisne, France, Dec 1944.Experimental P-38H Lightning aircraft, date unknownF-5A Lightning aircraft of USAAF 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1943-May 1945F-5B reconnaissance aircraft at rest, date unknown

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