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How Revolutionary Design Enabled P-38 Lightning to Flew Faster and Higher Than Its Rivals

How Revolutionary Design Enabled P-38 Lightning to Flew Faster and Higher Than Its Rivals

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers …

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