Lockheed P-38 Lightning

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World War II aircraft fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft twin-engine aircraft

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a distinctive twin-boom American World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its versatility in roles such as interception, ground attack, and long-range escort.

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Label Occurrences
Lockheed P-38 Lightning canonical 18
P-38 Lightning 9
P-38F 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
twin-engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration central nacelle ⓘ
twin-boom ⓘ
armamentExternal bombs ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
armamentFixed 1× 20 mm cannon in nose ⓘ
4× 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns in nose ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer Kelly Johnson ⓘ
surface form: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
engineConfiguration twin-engine ⓘ
engineModel Allison V-1710 ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
famousPilot Charles MacDonald ⓘ
Richard Bong ⓘ
Thomas McGuire ⓘ
firstFlight 1939-01-27 ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
landingGearType tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed
maximumSpeed ~660 km/h ⓘ
nickName Der Gabelschwanz-Teufel ⓘ
Fork-tailed Devil ⓘ
notableOperation Pacific Theater long-range escort missions ⓘ
interception of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
notableVariant F-4 photo-reconnaissance variant ⓘ
F-5 photo-reconnaissance variant ⓘ
Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: P-38F

Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: P-38G

Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: P-38J

Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: P-38L
numberBuilt 10000+ ⓘ
primaryUser United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1945 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1941 ⓘ
propellerType counter-rotating propellers ⓘ
range ~1100 miles ⓘ
retired late 1940s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ
long-range escort fighter ⓘ
photo-reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling ~44000 ft ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations
usedBy Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Nationalist Air Force

Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French Air Force

Italian Co-belligerent Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Army Air Forces → mainFighterAircraft → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → facedOpponents → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Fifteenth Air Force → aircraftTypeUsed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Big Week → notableAircraftUsed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Cactus Air Force → operatedAircraft → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → notableVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38F
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → notableVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38G
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → notableVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38J
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → notableVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38L
Ninth Air Force → aircraftUsed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Seventh Air Force → equipment → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
14th Air Force → notableAircraft → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Far Eastern Air Forces → aircraftTypeUsed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Kelly Johnson → notableWork → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Kelly Johnson → designed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
33rd Fighter Wing → aircraftOperated → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Allison V-1710 → usedInAircraft → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Allison V-1710 → notableApplication → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: twin-engine P-38 Lightning with counter-rotating propellers
Richard Bong → aircraftFlown → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Fork-tailed Devil → refersTo → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Fork-tailed Devil → appliedToVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38F
Fork-tailed Devil → appliedToVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38G
Fork-tailed Devil → appliedToVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38J
Fork-tailed Devil → appliedToVariant → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38L
Der Gabelschwanz-Teufel → refersTo → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Der Gabelschwanz-Teufel → nicknameFor → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Der Gabelschwanz-Teufel → relatedNicknameOf → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Kawanishi N1K → designedToCounter → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson → designed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Waco CG-4 glider → tugAircraft → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
subject surface form: Waco CG-4
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Clarence Johnson → notableWork → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
The Mighty Eighth → aircraftOperated → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Thomas McGuire → aircraftFlown → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
Lockheed Aircraft Company → developed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
United States wartime aircraft production program → notableProduct → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-38 Lightning
Hall Hibbard → designed → Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ