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Last update:
06/27/2010
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Lockheed P-38H |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Lukasz Fuczek |
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File Size: 39.9 Mb |
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P-38H flown by Maj. Tom J. Lynch
39th FS, 35th FG
Port Moresby, New Guinea - March 1943
16 victories
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Price $14.00 |
Model # 050 |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
11.53 m |
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Span |
15.85 m |
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Engine |
2 x Allison V-1710, 1,425 hp |
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Max Speed |
647 km/h |
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Armament |
1 x 20mm Hispano cannon + 4 x
0.50cal Browning machine guns |
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Crew |
1 |
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the best planes of
World War II. Very fast, heavily armed and having greatest range of all
American planes (until P-51 arrived) it was especially well suited for
the Pacific theatre. It also produced two highest scoring aces in
American history - Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire. Offered P-38H
model was flown by Thomas Lynch, friend and partner (not wingman, since
they switched roles on regular basis) of Dick Bong.
Tom Lynch was killed
on March 8, 1944 over Aitape Harbor, New Guinea. His plane was hit and
heavily damaged by ground fire, he tried to bail out, succeeded, but
plane was to low for the parachute to open. His final score stood
at twenty destroyed Japanese planes.
Construction report
with in-progress photos can be viewed
here.
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