P-38G Lightning

Name: P-38G Lightning
Brand: RS Models
SKU: 6091/92280
Price: 30.5 EUR
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Manufacturer: RS Models
Manufacturer No.: 92280
Scale 1:72
unpainted, kit
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Weight: 0.21 kg

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Descriptionof P-38G Lightning
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft that was considered one of the finest Allied fighting machines during World War II. It was deployed in combat in both Europe and the Pacific. The twin-tail aircraft was fast, heavily armed and very versatile.

6 decal variants:

1. P-38G, 347th FG, 339th FS, Operation Bougainville, April 1943

2. P-38G, 347th FG, 339th FS, Operation Bougainville, April 1943

3. P-38G, 347th FG, 339th FS, Operation Bougainville, April 1943

4. P-38G, Esq. OK / OTA, Portugal 1943

5. P-38G, 475th FG, 431th FS, Dobodura, New Guinea, late 1943

6. P-38G, ex 14th FG, Sonderkommando Rozarius, 1943-44

It was no match for the single-engine Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters, but for its size it was also very easy to fly and effective - at least with capable pilots. This was especially true in the Southwest Pacific, where the most successful American pilots, Major Richard I. Bong and Major Thomas B. McGuire.

Group: Model Construction
Condition: unpainted, kit
Scale: Scale 1:72
Material: Plastic
Epoch: World War II
Time: 1933 - 1945
Nationality/Location: USA
State: new