• Aircraft:

  Lockheed P-38J Lightning

• Reg: N138AM photos
• Serial #:

  44-23314

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Dec 03, 2022
• Uploaded: Aug 14, 2023
• Chino - KCNO, USA - California

One gets to appreciate the large size of this airworthy Lightning as the aircraft stands by itself in the 475th Fighter Group Museum hangar at Planes of Fame Air Museum, with its 52 ft. wingspan taking up a lot of space. During WW2 the aircraft was assigned to 483rd Air Base Squadron at Santa Maria, California for training. It wears the markings of P-38H “Skidoo” of 432nd FS “Clover”, 475th FG “Satan’s Angels” as flown by 1st Lt Perry J. Dahl in New Guinea, who ended the war with nine victories.

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