FRE 10058
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P-38J-10-LO Lightning (serial number 42-67402). Photo taken while assigned to the 8th Air Force as a personal aircraft for Gen Jimmy Doolittle. Very first P-38J-10-LO model built by Lockheed. Aircraft damaged in a ground accident (hit by taxiing P-38 while parked) 17 Dec 44 at Warton, England. Repaired and subsequently transferred to the 430th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group as K6-F. Aircraft damaged in a landing accident at airfield R-2, Bad Langensalza, Germany on 4 June 1945.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force) Fifteenth Air Force
- Service Numbers: O-271855
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group