At the time, the unit was among the first to deploy from the United States to the Pacific theater of Operations.During 4 years of WWII combat,and the gruop was succseful of proving air defens from austria to the philipens. The P-38 Lightning was the Army's fastest and most heavily armed fighter.

Full name-

North American NA-73 Mustang.

Equiped with droppable fuel tanks under its wings. The p-38 was used agresivley and in long range.

A p-38 flying through a clear blue cloudy sky.

The lighning was introdruced in june 8th 1941. The P-38 lightning made a new and differnce to all American fighters.The multi-engine configuration reduced the Lightning loss-rate to anti-aircraft gunfire during ground attack missions.Lockheed engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and his team of designers, designed the Lightning. The Lightning was a complete break-away from conventional airframe design, power, and at long last, armament. The p-38 is a ground plane and is unable to ever take off from an aircraft carrier.

Interview

When we were interviewing Guy Watson he gave us alot of GREAT information. He told us where he bomd, he also told us the types of flying they have to do when they are bombing a place.

wing spand- 52ft

length- 9ft 10 in.

empty weight- 11,880 pounds

max weight- 14,425

the guns;

1 mi, 20 mm, 4 cannon, 50 caliber michien guns.

the max speed is 414 MPH, and the range is 400 miles. It can 1 man cockpit.

type- its a fighter plane

crew-1 per pilot

Max speed-390 mph(623km/hr)

Normal take-off -Ibs- 8600

Manufactured by lockeed.