P38 Lightning at War Author:Joe Christy, Jeff Ethell This classic title traces the history of the Lightning from the earliest Lockheed Model 22 through the severe compressibility problems of the prototype YP-38, to the P-38L-5, the fighter-bomber-reconnaissance aircraft of the USAAF in italy and the Pacific.Graphically illustrated with over 200 action photographs and many eye witness a... more »ccounts, this book tells the story of a unique and innovative aircrat, revered for its adaptability and ability to limp home on one engine where other aircraft would have been destroyed« less