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Lockheed P-38 Lightning part 2, how a deadly high altitude fighter nearly killed its own pilots

The P 38 Lightning shot down more enemy aircraft than any other US fighter in the Pacific, yet early pilots faced lethal dive lockups, frozen cockpits, and engine failures that nearly doomed the ...
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Lockheed’s next Lightnings, XP-49 and XP-58 Chain Lightning, bigger guns, exotic engines, and why both projects collapsed

Lockheed tried to build on the P-38 with two “new Lightnings,” the XP-49 with a pressurized cockpit and heavier armament, and the XP-58 Chain Lightning, a bomber killer that kept gaining guns, crew, ...