P-38E, F, G, H

P-38E, F, G, H

Family
P-38 Lightning
Class
Fighter
Changes
Twin-boom airframe with turbosupercharged Allisons on counter-rotating propellers and intercoolers in the wing leading edges; all guns in the nose.
Produced
1,819

Service

≈ 9 Aug 1942 – Aug 1943
≈ Apr 1942 – Dec 1944
≈ Sep 1942 – Aug 1944
14 Aug 1942 – 14 Aug 1942
≈ 2 Oct 1942 – Nov 1942
≈ 11 Nov 1942 – May 1943
Jun 1943 – Jun 1943
≈ Feb 1943 – 18 Apr 1943
≈ 15 Oct 1943 – Mar 1944

Modifications 5

≈ Apr 1942 – Dec 1944≈ Sep 1942 – Aug 1944
≈ 9 Aug 1942 – Aug 1943
14 Aug 1942 – 14 Aug 1942≈ 2 Oct 1942 – Nov 1942≈ 11 Nov 1942 – May 1943Jun 1943 – Jun 1943
P-38G1,082
≈ Feb 1943 – 18 Apr 1943
≈ 15 Oct 1943 – Mar 1944