Bringing more of the RAF Museum collection (both London and Cosford) to everyone at home, we will take you behind the scenes in a series of videos showcasing everything from aircraft builds to pilot interviews, plus lots more never before seen footage. Today we start our new video series with the birds eye view of the English Electric Lightning, displayed in the National Cold War Exhibition at Cosford, during its annual clean. The Lightning was capable of supersonic interceptions of enemy aircra

AN AIRWORTHY COMBAT P38 LIGHTNING is located at the National Museum of WWII Aviation in Co Springs. Such a unique aircraft from how to enter the cockpit to being a P38 that flys today and survived combat. 🫡#pilot #aviation #flight #fly #warbird #airplane #aircraft #museum #colorado | Aviatress Alyssa

Lockheed P-38L Lightning The final production version was the P-38L, which could carry two 300-gallon drop tanks. Deliveries of the L began in June 1944 and continued until August 1945. Of the 10,038 P-38s built, 3,923 were P-38Ls. The P-38L on display, painted as a P-38J with the 55th Fighter Squadron based in England, was donated to the museum in 1961 by the Kaufmann Foundation, Philadelphia, Penn. The top hats on the left side of the aircraft represent the nine bomber escort missions flown by