This listing is for a new Corgi Lockheed P-38J Lightning "Gentle Annie" Colonel Harold Rau, USAAF 79th FS-20th FG, European Theatre-1944. Model comes with a clear plastic display stand and a data card. Outer box has some shelve ware. Plane was taken out of the box for photos of this listing.
Scale: 1/147 Length: 3.0" Width: 4.25" (wingspan)
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The aircraft was used in a number of different roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with droppable fuel tanks under its wings.
Lockheed P-38J Lightning Designed to meet a
USAAC requirement for a high-performance fighter, the P-38 Lightning was
first flown on January 27th, 1939. The easily recognizable P-38 had
twin-booms, twin turbo-supercharged engines, a central pod for the
pilot, contra-rotating propellers and tricycle landing gear. Its roles
included dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing and photo
reconnaissance. When equipped with drop tanks it was also flown as a
long-range escort fighter. The Lightning's armament was clustered in the
nose of the plane, which gave the pilot a direct line of site to the
target and also gave the weapons a "buzz saw" effect that was useful for
strafing.