IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From 1942 to 1945, the thunder of ...
World of Warbirds on MSN
Lockheed’s next Lightnings, XP-49 and XP-58 Chain Lightning, bigger guns, exotic engines, and why both projects collapsed
Lockheed tried to build on the P-38 with two “new Lightnings,” the XP-49 with a pressurized cockpit and heavier armament, and the XP-58 Chain Lightning, a bomber killer that kept gaining guns, crew, ...
World of Warbirds on MSN
Lockheed P-38 Lightning part 2, how a deadly high altitude fighter nearly killed its own pilots
The P 38 Lightning shot down more enemy aircraft than any other US fighter in the Pacific, yet early pilots faced lethal dive lockups, frozen cockpits, and engine failures that nearly doomed the ...
In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...
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