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367th Gallery I |
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The Dynamite Gang
"Thunderbolt & Lightning"
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Three squadrons made up the 367th, the 392nd,
393rd, and the 394th. During WWII the unit participated in a variety of
operations. The 367th operated both P-38's and P-47's.
All of the photos were provided by
Mr. Jack Curtis,
Secretary-Treasurer of the 367th Fighter Group Association,
The Lockheed Lightning P-38 was one of the
great American warplanes of WWII. The P-38 was an extremely advanced warplane
at the time of its first flight on January 27th, 1939. The Lightning was
Lockheed's response to the February 1937 U.S. Army Air Corp. specifications
for a long-range pursuit and escort fighter capable of sustaining 360 mph
for one hour at 20,000 feet. The requirements for this plane were such,
that Lockheed's designers felt that a single-engine of the existing types
could not supply sufficient power for the performance required. They employed
a radically new design with a center fuselage, and twin booms which housed
the twin Allison V-3710 Vee-12 glycol-cooled engines with GEC turbo-superchargers
recessed into the tail booms, cooling radiators on the sides of the booms
and induction intercoolers in the wings leading edges, a streamlined central
nacelle that accommodated the powerful armament and pilot, Fowler flaps
and tricycle landing gear. The P-38 Lightning saw action on every front,
the "DerGabelschwanz Teuful", Forked-tailed Devil as the Germans named
it in the European Theater, and in the Pacific it was credited with more
Japanese aircraft destroyed than any other fighter. 9,923 P-38's were built
and served with other Allied Air Forces during the conflict, and also used
as a night-fighter, photo reconnaissance and as a path finder.
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"Lou-E-Z Ann"
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"Barb IX"
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"Daddy RAbbit" Piloted by Lt. Robert
E. Good
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"The Gremlin"
"Janet"
"Waterloo Belle" Piloted by Lt. William
H. Lemley
"Flaming Fury" Piloted by Lt. Bill
Lewis
"Steven Vincent"
"Grizelda"
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