P-38J, L

P-38J, L

Family
P-38 Lightning
Class
Fighter
Changes
Redesigned nacelles with chin intercoolers between the oil coolers, flat bulletproof windscreen, fuel tanks in the outer wing leading edges; from P-38J-25 dive recovery flaps and hydraulically boosted ailerons.
Produced
7,093

Service

≈ Mar 1944 – Sep 1944
10 Jun 1944 – 10 Jun 1944
31 Jul 1944 – 31 Jul 1944
≈ Jun 1944 – May 1945
≈ Jul 1944 – Aug 1945

Modifications 4

P-38J2,970
≈ Mar 1944 – Sep 194410 Jun 1944 – 10 Jun 1944
P-38L3,923
≈ Jun 1944 – May 1945≈ Jul 1944 – Aug 1945
31 Jul 1944 – 31 Jul 1944