Aviation Pinups - P-38 Lightning

Today's pinup is another in the Aviation themed pinup series featuring Ashley and the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter used in the 5th Air Force (among many others). Nicknamed the 'Fork Tailed Devil' by the Luftwaffe, the P-38 Lightning was designed after a call went out from the US Army Air Corps for a twin-engine interceptor aircraft. The prototype was designed in 1937 and built in 1939 with the first flight being in January. The P-38 is most iconic for serving in the Pacific Theater of World War 2 however it saw service in all theaters being the main long-range fighter for the Army Air Forces until the P-51 Mustang came into the war. Nearly 10,000 P-38s were built during the war but most were destroyed following the end of the war as they were outdated and not needed. There about over 20 P-38s that have survived the war housed in museums around the world with only about 9 in airworthy condition (though they may not fly anymore).

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Model: Ashley
Photographer: Britt Dietz
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